![]() Prof Ahmed’s amendment, which replaced the word “respect” with “tolerate”, was voted through in what the rebels described as “a landslide”. ![]() In December 2020, dons forced a vote on a new policy that would require them to “respect” other viewpoints. Prof Ahmed has repeatedly warned that free speech is under threat and has also been involved in multiple rows on the topic at Cambridge University. The director will also advise the sector regulator on imposing fines for free speech breaches. The new champion will have the power to investigate universities and student unions in England and Wales that wrongly restrict debate. Rishi Sunak has chosen a Cambridge professor as the UK’s first free speech tsar to crack down on cancel culture at universities, the Telegraph understands.Īrif Ahmed, a philosophy professor who has given free speech lessons to Cambridge students, will be confirmed as the selected candidate this weekend, according to a government source.
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