90 Miles From Tyranny : Teacher who was fired over lecture attacking 'radical feminist orthodoxy' speaks out to accuse the school of 'a craven response to a cancel culture' and 'appeasement'

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Teacher who was fired over lecture attacking 'radical feminist orthodoxy' speaks out to accuse the school of 'a craven response to a cancel culture' and 'appeasement'

Will Knowland prepares to make a claim to an employment tribunal for discrimination, following his dismissal last month


Speaking to Times Radio, the English teacher warned the 'soul of Eton,' was in danger.

Will Knowland fighting against cancel culture and political correctness


He claims Mr Henderson insinuated there may have been another reason he was dismissed - something the college has vehemently denied. 

Mr Knowland claimed: 'This "something else" rumour was, in my opinion, particularly damaging in the context of the most recent suspended master, Matthew Mowbray, who was recently sentenced for sexual crimes involving children. 

Will Knowland claims Eton's head master, Simon Henderson, insinuated there was another reason for the English teacher's dismissal
Will Knowland claims Eton's head master, Simon Henderson, insinuated there was another reason for the English teacher's dismissal

Mr Knowland has suggested he could bring a defamation case against Mr Henderson, as well as Eton's Provost Lord Waldegrave. Eton has vehemently denied the former English teacher's claim that he was dismissed for any reason other than the online lecture he shared

Eton College said it was categorically untrue that the school or head master had ever suggested the dismissal related to anything other than the video shared online.

Called the Patriarchy Paradox, the video was posted on Mr Knowland's personal YouTube channel and not delivered to pupils because of the pandemic.

Last month scores of Old Etonians threatened to withhold £2million in funding from the elite school unless Mr Henderson, often referred to as 'Trendy Hendy,' resigns.

Last month scores of Old Etonians threatened to withhold £2million in funding from the elite school unless Mr Henderson, often referred to as 'Trendy Hendy,' resign

Tory peer Lord Bellingham, a former pupil at the Berkshire college, warned a dining club of 45 alumni were incensed by the sacking.

In a letter to Eton College, Lord Bellingham said Mr Henderson's 'woeful handling of this issue' has further damaged his 'very shaky' authority and inflicted 'very severe...




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4 comments:

Unsolicited opinion. said...

The bow tie does not help his case.
My grampa always said 'Never trust a man who wears a bow tie.'

Beans said...

What movie what that clip from?

Unsolicited opinion. said...

The bow tie does not help his case.
My grampa always said 'Never trust a man who wears a bow tie.'

Brewvet said...

Clip is from the first "Kingsman" movie. NOT the second.