Oxford Union Debate on Islam Reportedly Cost £100,000 in Policing

Aug 04, 2026 12:05 AM
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Oxford Union Debate on Islam Reportedly Cost £100,000 in Policing
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First, I'm not going to do a post on it because, thankfully, no one interacts with Jezebel, but the anti-black Sophie Cunningham is a "MAGA Barbie" grifter peddling anti-trans rhetoric.

Yeah, OK.

Over the weekend, I reported on a debate held at the Oxford Union. The question was, "This house believes we should be suspicious of Islam," and the president of the Oxford Union, a Palestinian Muslim named Aisha Khan Aziz, told bad boy Tommy Robinson that there was a mob rioting outside, and without the security provided by a Palestinian Muslim, Robinson would be "quite literally cooked." Needless to say, she wasn't making the argument she thought she was making. "You believe we should be suspicious of Islam, which has caused Muslims to riot outside and call for your death."

According to the BBC, the debate on Islam cost the Thames Valley Police around £100,000 in policing.

That shouldn't have been necessary. It reminds me of the mayor of Birmingham telling Jews not to attend a soccer match at the city stadium to support Israel's team, for their own safety.

Robinson would have been "quite literally cooked," according to the president of the Oxford Union herself. Free speech is getting expensive in the U.K.

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