Being on the political Right at an institution like the University of Sussex – famous for its banner-waving, blue-haired, lip-ringed protesters – I know that I’m in a minority. Yet I’m certain that there are still large numbers of students who are at least sympathetic to my opinions.

I like the monarchy, and I don’t think Margaret Thatcher was the devil incarnate. Nor do I think that Donald Trump’s ascension to the US Presidency is an example of fascism in orange-tinged form. I also voted for Brexit. Indeed, the majority of students I meet aren’t "radical", and are at least receptive – or would be, if exposed to reason and debate – to changing their minds.

This is why I was shocked to find a poster, put up for all to see, but aimed at staff and PhD students, advertising an "informal discussion" organised by the Sussex Centre for Conflict and Security Research. The discussion would be centred around, "dealing with right-wing attitudes and politics in the classroom".