[3] The list of proscribed organisations, as of April 2015, includes the following organisations:[4] The NUS also has policy refusing platforms to people or organisations for other reasons: the NUS LGBT Campaign (and formerly, also the Women's Campaign) refuses platforms to those they consider to be transphobic, including Julie Bindel;[5] and the National Executive Committee has a policy refusing a platform to those it considers to be rape deniers or rape apologists, following George Galloway's statements about rape when asked about the allegations of sexual assault facing Julian Assange.
[15] In February 2010, two NUS officers forced the cancellation of a proposed debate on multiculturalism which was scheduled to include British National Party MEP Andrew Brons at the University of Durham.
[16] The debate, organised by Durham Union Society, was to have featured two prominent British National Party members: Andrew Brons MEP and Leeds City Councillor Chris Beverley.
The pair incorrectly stated that the debate would be illegal and threatened to organise a "colossal demonstration" in tandem with Unite Against Fascism, adding that "if any students are hurt in and around this event responsibility will lie with you".
[18] [irrelevant citation] The subsequent cancellation of the debate by Durham Union Society President Anna Birley on safety grounds was met with fierce backlash.
2) Act 1986, enacted in response to the rise of No Platform policies in the mid-1980s,[23] imposes a duty on universities to ensure that groups and individuals are not denied the use of facilities on account of their beliefs or views.
[24] In February 2021, the Conservative Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, announced that the government would bring forward a law to extend this duty to students' unions.