POPCONVERSATION WITH LORD (TOBY) YOUNG

MONDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2026 : 7PM : ONLINE WITH LORD (TOBY) YOUNG

 

THIS EVENT HAS ENDED: WATCH RECORDING HERE

 

Winning the woke wars and restoring our right to speak freely

 

PopConversations is a series of online conversations with leading figures who are shaping UK conservative thinking.

 

On Monday 23rd February at 7pm, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, was joined by writer, commentator and free speech campaigner, Lord (Toby) Young.

 

Toby Young is the founder of the Free Speech Union and the Daily Sceptic, a prominent voice in the battles over lockdown policy, cancel culture, and the defence of free expression. He has been at the forefront of challenging woke orthodoxy in education, media and public life.

 

In this candid conversation, Mark and Toby discussed the state of free speech in Britain today; the Online Safety Act; censorship in schools and universities, threats to our right to trial by jury and more.