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Pete Evans David Icke chef slammed by academic for supporting Holocaust denier

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A leading Australian academic has slammed celebrity chef Pete Evans for interviewing Holocaust denier David Icke on his podcast this week.  Evans, 47, who has sparked controversy for sharing his dangerous conspiracies about vaccines, COVID-19 and the 5G network – announced on Monday night that he’d just spent two ‘enlightening’ hours interviewing Icke, 68.    Icke … Read more

Cambridge University backs academic who tweeted ‘White Lives Don’t Matter’

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The University of Cambridge has spoken out in support of one of its lecturers who was hit by a wave of abusive messages and death threats for tweeting ‘White Lives Don’t Matter’. Dr Priyamvada Gopal, 51, who teaches in the Faculty of English at Churchill College, took to the social media platform on Tuesday evening to write: … Read more

Fury as academic defends pulling down statues on Radio 4

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Fury as academic defends pulling down statues on Radio 4 and tells the station that actions by Black Lives Matter protesters could be seen as an ‘energising source of hope’ An academic defended toppling statues on BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day  Professor Tina Beattie’s comments provoked anger among some listeners  Beattie claimed the … Read more

Private schools plan to ignore Government advice and open in the new academic year ‘come what may’ 

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Private schools plan to ignore Government advice and open in the new academic year ‘come what may’ Private schools plan to defy official advice and open at the new academic year  Some fee-paying schools are organising their own track and trace systems One governor at a leading private school said headteachers are ‘furious’ with the … Read more

Britain should be braced for food rationing, academic expert warns

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The UK should be braced for food rationing because relying on the public to exercise shopping restraint simply ‘won’t work’, according to an academic expert.  Bryce Evans, associate professor of history and politics at Liverpool Hope University, said we’re not at crisis point yet, and urged people not to panic buy.  But he’s also calling … Read more

Outrage grows at ‘academic sabotage’ of youngsters paying £9,000 fees 

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Striking university lecturers were condemned last night for inflicting ‘academic sabotage’ after union bosses ordered them not to assist students who ask for help during a 14-day walkout. The militant leadership of the lecturers’ University and College Union even told members not to hand out reading lists. Students, who fork out more than £9,000-a-year in … Read more