Remove Toby Young as a board member on the new Office for Students watchdog.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Based on his sexist and homophobic behaviour as demonstrated on his twitter account, Toby Young holds the kind of negative views of women, disabled and working class students that shows that he would not be representing the best interests of students from all backgrounds and needs.

In 2012, he wrote for The Spectator about the “ghastly” need for schools to be inclusive by having things like wheelchair ramps.

In 2011, he wrote a blog for The Spectator, condemning a school in Stoke Newington for celebrating LGBT rights with a week of lessons focussed on the issue.

His now-deleted tweet saying he had his “d**k up her a**e”, in reference to Padma Lakshmi, who was his fellow judge on US TV show Top Chef at the time.

Why it was rejected

It was about honours or appointments, which petitions cannot cover.

We can't accept petitions about appointments.

If you're concerned about the process for appointments to the Board of the Office for Students, you may wish to sign this petition:

Independent review of appointments to Office of Students board

Timeline

6 Jan 2018	Petition opened for signatures
9 Jan 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Jan 2018

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