The large left-wing protest outside had barred many people, including Khan-Aziz's own family members, from entering the debate. At the start of his own speech, Robinson congratulated Khan-Aziz on her speech and praised the union president, Arwa Elrayess, for her "defence of free speech". But over the past four days Khan-Aziz has received a litany of abuse on X, with prominent commentators accusing her of threatening Robinson with violence. Robinson initially shared some of these posts, but then published a video on Tuesday saying the student's words were being taken out of context. Meanwhile Peter Hague, a British scientist and writer, wrote on social media: "There is a gleeful menace to this, isn’t there?