The Free Speech Union

"The pubs are on their knees!" FSU Founder and General Secretary, Lord Young of Acton (@toadmeister), spoke in the House of Lords last night to defend freedom of speech and the future of our pubs. Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill, Lord Young warned, risks turning…

If people aren’t allowed to speak their minds, how can we hope to change them? Read FSU Founder Toby Young's latest article in The Standard... standard.co.uk/comment/free-s…

"But free speech — the ability to provoke, challenge, argue, dissent — should not be a privilege extended to a few..." standard.co.uk/comment/free-s…

"The expulsion by Emmanuel College creates a precedent that academics in the UK are not allowed to critically examine DEI ideology. With the help of the Free Speech Union, I discovered documents showing that Emmanuel’s own rules make it clear that they did not have the authority…

"An Islamophobia definition would be a breaking-point because it would be seen as silencing an urgent and legitimate public debate over such matters..." thetimes.com/article/4409fa…

Police breached duty of impartiality by joining Pride, High Court rules freespeechunion.org/a-major-legal-…

Defining Islamophobia could cause universities to curb free speech... thetimes.com/uk/education/a…

"We cannot allow reporting on Islamism to be demonised and suppressed..." thecritic.co.uk/the-centre-for…

Trade Unions Today: Protecting Workers’ Rights or Policing Workers’ Speech? youtube.com/watch?v=aNaIfJ…

FSU member Linzi Smith, with support from FairCop, has had a trailblazing victory that will significantly help to defend free expression and political neutrality within our public institutions: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… But Linzi's fight for free speech is not over yet. She still…

"The expulsion by Emmanuel College creates a precedent that academics in the UK are not allowed to critically examine DEI ideology. With the help of the Free Speech Union, I discovered documents showing that Emmanuel’s own rules make it clear that they did not have the authority…

Our member Rick Prior has become aware that erroneous and misleading statements have been made about him by the Police Federation of England and Wales. He wishes to set the record straight by means of the below public statement: freespeechunion.org/wp-content/upl…

Government imposed two-year gag order to conceal Afghan data breach and £6bn resettlement scheme.. freespeechunion.org/government-imp…

"Peer says string of recent police interventions over communications offences risks bringing ‘back blasphemy laws by the back door’..." independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

Police breached duty of impartiality by joining Pride, High Court rules... freespeechunion.org/a-major-legal-…

If people aren’t allowed to speak their minds, how can we hope to change them? Read FSU Founder Toby Young's latest article in The Standard... standard.co.uk/comment/free-s…

In a ruling with significant implications for free expression and the political neutrality of public institutions, the High Court has found that Northumbria Police breached its duty of impartiality by allowing officers to take part in a Pride event... freespeechunion.org/a-major-legal-…

Talking freely about Islam ‘feared more than any other religion’ telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/1…

“There has been an elite led exclusion of the masses from political debate and a stigmatisation of common sense views..." Nearly 50% of Britons believe people are too easily offended, particularly if they speak out on race and immigration issues, according to research for the…