An award-winning author has accused the government of trying to “intimidate” her with a new policy aimed at blacklisting people who make “controversial” material.
Afua Hirsch has spoken out about former Prime Minister Boris Johnson ’s alleged racist comments towards Black and Asian people and is now speculated by the Telegraph to have been banned from giving talks in Whitehall because of it.
The Cabinet Office's due diligence guidance which has come into effect, allows civil servants to trawl through social media profiles of speakers who attend “learning and development” events.
