Quite. I have no brief for Mr Churchill's views. But he has every right to
hold them and, in a democracy, to be questioned on them. Whether he should
be hounded out of his job or persecuted because of them is a mooter point.
And frankly, sets a very bad precedent. Churchill is just a dickhead, but
other more serious scholars are going to suffer (are being targeted now) if
his right to speak is not defended.
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Alison Croggon
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