Meltdown at the Oxford Union

The Abaraonye affair marks a spectacular low point in the history of Britain’s most famous debating society.

George Abaraonye (University of Oxford)

Harold Macmillan once described the Oxford Union as ‘the last bastion of free speech’. Perhaps this remark made sense when it was uttered back in the 1960s, but it reads today more like a mordant quip. The recent furore over George Abaraonye, the president elect, has all but obliterated the union’s credibility.

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