You sort of expect it from the Mail, and definitely from Tufton St.
Apparently, debating societies are meant to be the “very essence” of our universities.
In its leader comment accompanying coverage of Civitas’ latest salvo in the culture wars, it argues that debsocs are the “crucibles” in which “freedom of thought can flourish”, where “students learn to challenge prejudice via their own critical faculties” and can “test ideas in the pursuit of knowledge”.
