Row as Oxford Union votes to hear Irving
"The Oxford Union was accused last night of 'promoting anti-Semitism' after students voted to allow Holocaust revisionist David Irving and the leader of the British National Party, Nick Griffin, to address students tomorrow.
Members of the Oxford Union Debating Society voted by a margin of two to one in favour of permitting the two right-wing figures to speak at a free-speech event, despite demands that they be banned".
For me this was a vote for common sense and I am pleased that it prevailed. I agree with the union's president, Luke Tryl, who argued "that it is possible to abhor the views of Griffin and Irving while accepting their right to be heard".
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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