Article 5RRFS John Cleese pulls out of Cambridge Union event over ‘woke rules’

John Cleese pulls out of Cambridge Union event over ‘woke rules’

by
Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#5RRFS)

Comedian says he is blacklisting himself' after another speaker was banned for Hitler impersonation

John Cleese has withdrawn from an event at the Cambridge Union, saying he was blacklisting" himself before someone else does".

The move by the Monty Python and Fawlty Towers star was in protest after the debating society banned art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon for impersonating Adolf Hitler.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.theguardian.com/world/rss
Feed Title World news | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/world
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2026
Reply 0 comments