Bridget Phillipson’s decision to cancel the commencement of the Higher Education Act brings shame upon the party, argues Claire in The Telegraph.
‘Less than a week before the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 was to come into force – over a year since it was given royal assent in May last year after passing through two houses of parliament – the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced her “decision to stop further commencement … in order to consider options, including its repeal”.
I had to read her statement several times to believe it, thinking at first it might be an anti-Labour “deep fake” designed to imply that the new government is callously indifferent not just to free speech, but the democratic process itself…’
Read the full article on the Telegraph website.