The Prime Minister has backed a gender critical professor whose planned appearance at Oxford University has sparked student protests.
Rishi Sunak said feminist Kathleen Stock should be allowed to deliver a speech at Oxford’s prestigious debating society, adding: “A free society requires free debate.”
His intervention comes after months of criticism from the university’s LBGTQ+ Society who called for Stock to be de-platformed from the event.
A series of protests and rallies, including a Trans+ Pride event, will take place on Tuesday afternoon ahead of Stock’s planned appearance.
Speaking to the Telegraph, Sunak said: “We should all be encouraged to engage respectfully with the ideas of others….