Former business secretary says unique obligation on universities will not end terrorism or terrorist recruitmentThe onus placed on universities by the government’s unique counter-extremism strategy will lead to inoffensive and bland campus debates without preventing any student radicalisation, according to the former business secretary Vince Cable.
The former Liberal Democrat MP instead says that banning extremist speakers from universities may in fact exacerbate the problem by driving underground hitherto non-violent extremists.
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Source: theguardian.com