The notion is to send CUSU's support to OUSU and NUS who have launched a campaign for the retraction of the invitation. This is not a freedom of speech issue. This is a student welfare issue. Real danger that David Irving's inflammatory presence will adversely affect ethnic minority students. Issue about Access.
Journalists have power.
In the public mind Oxford and Cambridge are viewed as one. This is about renouncing fascists. Debate is about extremists' freedom of speech. The amendments change the emphasis back to student welfare and public order. Legitimacy, respectability, and a prestigious platform are exactly what David Irving will want and will use.