Prime Minister Backs Gender Critical Professor’s Oxford Talk Ahead of Student Protests

Rishi Sunak said Kathleen Stock's planned speech at Oxford University should go ahead in the interests of free speech

Professor of philosophy at the University of Sussex, Kathleen Stock, poses with her medal after being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to higher education at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London, on July 14, 2022. Victoria Jones/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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.”