The Oxford Student - Official Student Newspaper

Back to the Future

The Oxford Union's back doing what it does best, getting on the front pages of newspapers. Hopefully Union President Amy Harland thought carefully about two issues before she issued the decision to invite David Irving. First, in himself, is Irving a suitable person to debate whether space should be given to extreme views? He does not have any past criminal convictions, or directly incite racial hatred. He must be articulate, after conducting his own defence in the libel trial that made him notorious. ...