Members of the Oxford Union voted down a proposal to block Steve Bannon from speaking at the union, HE understands.
Bannon, who served in president Donald Trump’s administration in the United States until August 2017 and co-founded the right-wing website Breitbart News, spoke at an event hosted by the University of Oxford’s debating society, the Oxford Union, on 16 November despite significant protest.
A source confirmed to HE that an emergency vote to withdraw Bannon’s invitation was held by members of the Oxford Union on 15 November, but the motion failed. As a result, Bannon spoke at the debating society as planned.
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