Rejected petition Remove Toby Young from his position on the board of the Office for Students

While the government either ignorantly or wilfully mislead about Young's qualifications he himself admitted that he has never held a job in academia. As well as being unqualified he has a history of classist, ableist, and sexist tweets and comments that should class him as unsuitable for such a role

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For a column in The Spectator Young referred to wheelchair ramps in school's as "ghastly" political correctness. In an essay in The Quadrant he suggested that poorer people should be helped to pick embryos based on intelligence. Young (who has never held an academic position) said teaching was "not that tough". Young also referred to working class students at Oxford as "stains".

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If you want an independent review of appointments to Office of Student board, you may wish to sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/208774

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Date submitted 4 January 2018
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