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The conference is itself a show of strength. Those who face persecution from students or colleagues can now appeal to a range of advocacy groups, who are lobbying governments and institutions and representing victims in court. Particularly notable are the Free Speech Union in the UK, represented on the first panel of the day by its founder Lord Toby Young, and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), represented by former ACLU president and FIRE senior fellow Nadine Strossen. We have come a long way from a time when even the existence of cancel culture was widely denied in the press, and the political and media consensus has swung away from the extremes of progressive dogmatism.
Sebastian Milbank, The Critic, 25th October 2025.