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A peer was left 'furious' after a university debating society shelved her talk on cancel culture and free speech because she retweeted a Ricky Gervais joke about transgender people.
Baroness Fox of Buckley, 52, was disinvited by the debating society at Royal Holloway, University of London, following complaints from students about her support for the joke.
Fox was due to speak about the 'importance of debate', which was set to incorporate the issues of cancel culture and free speech. Instead, she ironically found herself being cancelled ahead of the first in-person talk there since the pandemic.
The Times reports that Fox said the society was 'browbeaten' into shelving her talk after complaints from the Royal Holloway Students' Union (RHSU).
Fox was accused of having transphobic views - which she denies - for retweeting the gag.
Baroness Fox of Buckley, (pictured) was left 'furious' after a university debating society shelved her talk on cancel culture and free speech because she retweeted a Ricky Gervais joke about transgender people
The 52-year-old peer was disinvited by the debating society at Royal Holloway (pictured), University of London
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