Dr Ben Jones
director of case management, Free Speech Union; author, Island of Strangers: Diversity, Decline and Free Speech in Crisis

Ben is the author of Island of Strangers: Diversity, Decline and Free Speech in Crisis, a book about the fundamental conflict between multiculturalism and freedom of speech in Britain. It considers how British society is being transformed by mass migration, Islam and the collapse of Christianity. It was published by Constable in June 2026.

His day job as director of case management at the Free Speech Union is to help people survive the process of being cancelled. His team of 10 are the first port of call for FSU members who have been punished or threatened in some way for their beliefs. Ben has been with the Free Speech Union since 2021.

He completed his PhD at the University of Warwick, which he wrote on the experiences of ex-Muslims in Britain.

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