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Stanley Murphy-Johns

BIZARRE: Oxford union to host tommy robinson for debate despite outcry - You Need To See This

Tommy Robinson with protesters outside Southampton police station. Vickrum Digwa was jailed at Southampton Crown Court for life with a minimum term of 21 years for the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak. Digwa stabbed Henry to death with a Sikh kirpan ceremonial knife five times in the incident in Belmont Road, Southampton, on December 3 2025. Picture date: Tuesday June 2, 2026. - (PA Wire)

The Oxford Union (OU) is scheduled to host far-right activist Tommy Robinson for a debate on Islam despite outcry from faith leaders, local politicians and campaign groups.

The student debate society has advertised a debate on social media titled The West Is Right To Be Suspicious Of Islam to take place on June 17.

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