Nottingham City Council spent more than £10,000 in legal fees and paid out £500 in compensation after it unlawfully cancelled a talk by activist Julie Bindel at one of its libraries. Ms Bindel, a feminist campaigner and author, was informed by the Labour-run council her talk at Aspley Library was cancelled due to her views on transgender rights one day before it was due to take place on June 25.
The council says the £569.99 sum was paid to Ms Bindel, the organisers and ticket holders “in respect to their reasonable losses”. Ms Bindel says she had not asked for compensation and they were given “out of pocket expenses incurred.” “I am a lefty, lesbian feminist and they said I was not a suitable speaker. I came out as a lesbian in the ’70s in north-east London and was subject to horrendous bigotry. I did not want to take a penny from a struggling Labour council, we could have screwed them into the ground, but they will have spent a lot of money on legal defence.”
Elizabeth McGlone, partner and solicitor at Didlaw, which represented Ms Bindel, said: “It is the right outcome. I think the city council took the wrong approach de-platforming Julie Bindel.
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