They recently voted to take it down. Both of these decisions are their own to take, not the College's. Magdalen strongly supports free speech and political debate, and the MCR'S right to autonomy.
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Maybe they'll vote to put it up again, maybe they won't. Meanwhile, the photo will be safely stored.
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Being a student is about more than studying. It's about exploring and debating ideas. It's sometimes about provoking the older generation. Looks like that isn’t so hard to do these days.
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So if you are one of the people currently sending obscene and threatening messages to the College staff, you might consider pausing, and asking yourself whether that is really the best way to show your respect for the Queen.
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Or whether she'd be more likely to support the traditions of free debate and democratic decision-making that we are keeping alive at Magdalen.
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Facts and details matter - maybe someone should tell Dan Wootton
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Strewth it's hard work trying to correct people when they've read some bollocks that reinforces their prejudices...

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@stephenfry on#BBCRoom101, he’d put prejudice into Room101, humanity’s great labour-saving device: it saves having to think.
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Thank God they haven't taken down the Margaret Thatcher altar.
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Knowing students, one has to wonder whether the 2013 decision was rather tongue in cheek. Presumably Williamson would prohibit students from taking down any wall art, just in case that causes offence? Serious politicians used to know which issues demanded their attention.
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