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EPISODE · Jan 8, 2026 · 10 MIN

Connie Shaw - Threatened with VIOLENCE for Gender Critical Views at Leeds University

from The Daily Heretic · host Andrew Gold

👉 Subscribe to Heretics Clips for more explosive interviews: https://www.youtube.com/@hereticsclips/videos 🔥 Leeds University has become the centre of a shocking free speech scandal that reveals just how dangerous it has become to hold gender-critical views in British academia. At the heart of this controversy is Connie Shaw, a former Leeds Student Radio presenter, who was accused of “bringing the station into disrepute” simply for interviewing comedy writer Graham Linehan on her podcast. What followed was a nightmare of censorship, intimidation, and even threats of violence. Instead of defending her right to free expression, the university launched a Kafkaesque disciplinary process that felt more like Stalinist Russia than a modern British campus. Connie was banned from university grounds, socially ostracised, and pressured to undergo what amounted to ideological re-education. 👉 Watch the full podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeLnRAhlb6M In this gripping interview, Connie reveals: The most shocking question she faced during her disciplinary hearing. How gender ideology has captured UK universities, from “gender expression funds” for binders and tuckers to professors enforcing speech codes. The chilling social isolation she endured, with friends told not to be seen with her. The disturbing threats of violence she received for daring to question the prevailing orthodoxy. How Toby Young and the Free Speech Union stepped in at her lowest point — support she describes as life-saving. This is more than one student’s ordeal. It’s a warning about the authoritarian culture spreading through higher education — where open debate is replaced with ideological policing, and where speaking out comes with devastating personal consequences. 👉 Stay tuned until the end for Connie’s future plans, the surprising inspirations that kept her going, and her powerful message to anyone worried about censorship, cancel culture, and academic freedom. This isn’t just a student scandal. It’s a test of whether free speech has any future left in British universities. #ConnieShaw #FreeSpeechUnion #LeedsUniversity #GenderCritical #CancelCulture #AcademicFreedom #Woke Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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