7pm, Tuesday 14th October 2008
Old Music Room, First Court, St John’s College

We are delighted to welcome author, broadcaster and columnist for the Mail on Sunday, Peter Hitchens to address the Association.

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Peter Hitchens describes himself as a moral and cultural conservative, and is known for his outspoken views against the Conservative Party. He wrote and presented “Toff at the Top”, a Channel 4 programme criticising David Cameron.

He spoke at the Union Society in Lent term, arguing that the abolition of grammar schools has destroyed social mobility in this country.

He is a passionate defender of liberty including free speech, a critic of “no platform” movements, promoter of the death penalty, and the author of “The Abolition of Britain” and “The Abolition of Liberty”. He described Tony Blair’s constitutional changes as a “slow-motion coup d’état”.

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