A debate on Israel and the Palestinians was cancelled by the university because of threats to public safety: did the authorities do enough to protect free speech?
Surely if the university had permitted this event it ought to have risk assessed the potential for disorder etc so therefore it may have permitted the event to placate the organisers and then it cancelled it using public order threat. Thus it can say it supported free speech, but puts public safety etc first. A win win especially legally.
Surely if the university had permitted this event it ought to have risk assessed the potential for disorder etc so therefore it may have permitted the event to placate the organisers and then it cancelled it using public order threat. Thus it can say it supported free speech, but puts public safety etc first. A win win especially legally.