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Aisha Down

Free Speech Union hit by internal allegations of racism and sexually inappropriate remarks

Toby Young next to a Free Speech Union banner
The Free Speech Union was founded by the Conservative life peer Toby Young. Photograph: Guy Corbishley/Alamy

The Free Speech Union (FSU) is reeling from internal grievances involving allegations of racism, workplace discrimination and sexually inappropriate remarks by senior members of staff, the Guardian can reveal.

A key figure in the campaign group, the chief operating officer, Sigrun Olafsdottir, departed late last week after employees alleged that she told a junior member of staff she would “never hire a black person” as a part of a one-on-one meeting late last year.

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