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Professor Peter Mathieson has created an intolerant and illiberal cancel culture
Lecturers at Edinburgh University are left feeling unable to speak out, staff claim
Comes after investigation into lecturer Neil Thin who students blasted as racist
One professor at Edinburgh university said countless others support Dr Thin
But they fear doing so publicly due to potential backlash from others at the uni
Free speech campaigners welcome Boris’s war on woke after PM reveals cancel culture victims denied platforms by universities can now seek compensation in courts
The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill will aim to end the so-called no platforming of speakers and academics on campuses
Regulator the Office for Students will get the power to fine institutions and student unions for breaching new duties
People who believe their freedom of speech has been impinged will also get the power to go to court to seek financial compensation
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I was proud to be given an OBE in the latest New Year Honours List. I was delighted for my profession, too – it’s rare for philosophers to get much attention. It might sound strange, then, to say I felt a pang of anxiety when I first heard the good news towards the end of last year, and again when it was made public on January 1. I knew there might be a price to pay for getting such a public honour. And thanks to the trans lobby and its increasingly aggressive behaviour, I was right.
The OBE came as a result of my campaign for academic freedom and, in particular, the freedom to examine the demands of influential trans pressure groups such as Stonewall.