Revealed: Toby Young free speech group crowdfunded over £60,000 for legal case fought by pro-bono lawyer
Summary
The Free Speech Union (FSU), founded by Conservative peer Toby Young, raised over £60,000 via crowdfunding for a legal case involving Julian Foulkes, who was arrested after a social media post. However, the case was handled by a lawyer working for free, and there are questions about how FSU used the money raised.Key Facts
- The FSU crowdfunded about £60,000 for Julian Foulkes’s legal case against Kent police.
- Foulkes was arrested over a social media post about antisemitism.
- Kent police apologized and later gave Foulkes a £20,000 out-of-court settlement.
- The legal case was handled pro bono (free of charge) by a London-based lawyer.
- FSU staff internally acknowledged the mismatch between the money raised and the free legal work.
- Toby Young said not all work was pro bono and that any leftover funds were used for other legal cases.
- Foulkes declined to say whether he received any money from the FSU.
- The FSU says it is non-partisan but critics see it as aligned with anti-woke causes.
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