A school in Batley, Yorkshire has been forced to close today amid angry crowds gathering for a second successive day after a teacher showed derogatory caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. A group of around 40 protesters gathered outside the school’s gates early this morning. Police liaison officers arrived on the scene in a bid to… Continue reading Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 7
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Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 6
A teacher has been suspended for showing his class an anti-Islam cartoon, as hundreds of protesters gathered at the school yesterday. Angry crowds descended on Batley Grammar School, near Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, amid allegations the image was shown during a religious studies lesson. Protesters claimed the cartoon shown to pupils was the same one previously… Continue reading Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 6
Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 5
After the British teacher showed the cartoons, about two dozen protesters gathered outside the school to denounce the move on Thursday. Local media said more people continued to demonstrate near the school on Friday. The school in West Yorkshire, where there is a large Muslim community, has apologised. “The school unequivocally apologises for using a… Continue reading Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 5
Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 4
A debate is growing in the United Kingdom over whether schools should show controversial images of the Prophet Muhammad to children, after a teacher at a state high school in northern England did so and was later suspended. The image shown at Batley Grammar School was reportedly taken from the same series of caricatures first… Continue reading Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 4
Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 3
A teacher has been suspended from a school after he allegedly showed cartoons of Mohammed to his class, sparking a protest from parents. Messages on social media urged people to gather outside Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire, after a teacher was said to have shown the cartoons to pupils. He was trying to teach… Continue reading Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 3
Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 2
The suspended teacher allegedly called the angry father of the Batley Grammar School student after he left a message with the school asking to speak with him. The alleged phone call took place after the teacher showed a widely-reported caricature taken from the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo to his class. He told the parent… Continue reading Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 2
Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 1
Andrew Doyle talks about the risks to Free Speech and that it has always got to be defended. He talks about Hate Speech and puts it simply that that is simply what opinions are presently fashionable, Hate! To be able to Freely Speak, there will always be people that will Hate that opinion. https://vk.com/video503532632_456240738
Free Speech Part 9
The Education Secretary is set to threaten universities with fines or even deregistration if they ‘stifle’ freedom of speech. Gavin Williamson will outline his ‘free speech campaign’ in an effort to strengthen laws that protect free expression. He will appoint a new ‘free speech champion’ that has the power to fine universities or student unions… Continue reading Free Speech Part 9
Free Speech Part 8
In June last year, amid a wave of protests sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down by Woke protesters and thrown in Bristol harbour. It was later retrieved, and four people will face trial for alleged criminal… Continue reading Free Speech Part 8
Free Speech Part 7
UK Ministers have been reportedly angered by projects such as the National Trust’s Colonial Countryside Scheme, a children’s education project looking at how some historic properties are connected to empire and slavery. However, there is as yet little evidence of a mass move to remove statues or monuments. But it will come if something isn’t… Continue reading Free Speech Part 7