Stop bans at universities
The proclivity for censorship in some student unions isn’t going away. University College London Union has refused to allow Macer Gifford to speak. He is a British man who last year travelled to Rojava, Kurdistan, to fight with the YPG against Daesh. Reasons given by the student union included that they were afraid that him speaking “could lead to others going and fighting in the conflict”. Where does this logic end? Should no meetings be held to discuss conflicts? Should we stop the British Army having stalls at freshers’ fair in case someone goes to “fight in conflicts”? Why are soldiers...