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Like a lot of Tory policy, if what they said "Protect free speech" was what they actually mean, it probably wouldn't be too bad. However what they mean is "Protect people who have very wrong opinions from having their platform removed".
I do think there's some question around when a speaker is invited to talk at a university to people who are aware of that person's views who is subsequently disinvited because other people don't like the speaker. In some cases, difference of opinion is worth listening to, in other cases obviously the other opinion is abhorrent or just stupid so it's normal to not have to listen.
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people who have very wrong opinions
That's statement there is pretty much the crux of it.
it's normal to not have to listen
I can't think of a situation on a uni campus where anyone has to listen.
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I think the way for students to go is to talk about the stuff that is sensitive to the University Industry; huge pay disparity between the teaching staff and senior management, corporate interests, unsavoury investments which alumni turned out to be terrorists or nonces.
See how long it is before the deplatforming appears
ffm
Alf0nse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-55995979
Great, nothing can go wrong with this