Churchill family hits out at college
Sir Winston Churchill’s grandson has questioned whether a Cambridge University college should continue to benefit from an association with the former prime minister after hosting an event “trashing” his reputation.
Ex-conservative MP Sir Nicholas Soames said an academic event hosted online by Churchill College was “idiotically sloppy”.
The former minister said the event on February 11 marked a “new low in the current vogue for the denigration in general of British history and of Sir Winston Churchill’s memory in particular”.
Sir Nicholas accused participants of “trashing” the war leader’s reputation. He also questioned whether the college, home to Churchill’s personal papers and historical archive, should continue to benefit from the link with his family.
Churchill College said: “Like Churchill himself, the college believes in the importance of free speech.”
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