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Chicken and egg. Campaigns against the Saudi's, and the UK's support for them, have been going on longer and with at least as much effort. But the failure of the media to pick this up (for reasons we can guess) means it has not had the same level of broader public engagment. That's how activism...

I like to pick my battles. I often pick badly.

They clearly do, because they did. And if you are right, then I look forward to UKIP and Hopkins challenging the Council under those human rights laws they love so much (they won't)

1. Many of those, such as Owen Jones, who have been central to the Trump protests have also been involved for a much longer time in organizing opposition to the UK's relationship with Saudi. Plenty of evidence of that, but here's a start...

It isn't. That's my point She gets FAR more opportunity to speak than she deserves. The council are not obliged to help her in that regard.

Why not? Up to them, they absolutely have every right to decide who they want to give a platform to at their conference centre. You can agree/disagree with their decision (I agree, presumably you don't) but it clearly NOT 'against free speech'. She got to do her thing somehwere else, so clearly...

It may or may not be stupid (probably not stupid as she is a pathetic attention-seeking parody of a troll with nothing of any value to say and no coherent agenda beyond causing offence in order to attract clicks) but I yet again feel obliged to point out that not allowing her to spout her poison...