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My latest with @TheVoiceNews
The UK media hounded Professor Jason Arday to his death. Now they’re potentially handing out prizes for it.
UK mainstream media is anti-Black to the core.
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Fucking hell, Helen. What an extraordinary display of selective incredulity.
We live in a country where two MPs have been murdered, where Diane Abbott endured a positively industrial quantity of racist and misogynistic abuse, and where Cambridge itself confirmed that Jason Arday was receiving racist correspondence serious enough to warrant enhanced security measures.
Yet somehow, the possibility of a prominent Black academic being subjected to grotesque racial intimidation is beyond your powers of belief.
I don't know whether the knife incident happened. I don't know whether a pig's head was delivered to his parents. There are legitimate evidential questions about both, and I'm perfectly capable of acknowledging them.
But unsubstantiated and implausible are two different words, Helen. They mean two different things.
And it is fascinating how readily certain commentators, ordinarily so magnificently vigilant about threats, harassment and the poisonous climate of public discourse, suddenly become forensic sceptics when confronted with allegations from somebody whose credibility they've already decided to demolish.
You are entitled to question his account. You are entitled to examine discrepancies. What you ought to examine with equal enthusiasm is the remarkable certainty of your own conclusions.
Because scepticism without self-examination is simply prejudice congratulating itself on its intellectual sophistication.
The man is dead. You might at least extend to his memory the precision and intellectual humility you demand of everyone else.
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The Met Police are saying anyone giving logistical support at tomorrow’s Palestine Action protest risks being arrested.
These peaceful protests involve elderly people sitting for hours in the cold, so people are needed to give out water, sustenance, and blankets.
Disgusting 😡
They're not 'women's rights campaigners' they're anti-trans activists - the replies below this post talking about 'gender ideology' only serve to confirm this.
Apology after two women's rights campaigners banned bbc.in/4ebhSEa
Oxford’s Oriel College claims it “abhors” racism. So why is it hosting a self-proclaimed "race realist" who Cambridge already severed ties with? The College must protect Black students and staff. Sign the petition to stop the talk 👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
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👊🏽 Stop Nathan Cofnas speaking at Oxford
Today Stand Up to Racism with @ukblm are launching a statement penned by students and signed by @Beverleyknight @misanharriman @ZaweAshton @HackneyAbbott @afuahirsch plus MPs, academics and campaigners.
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Your response here just illustrates the point I've made that you seem unwilling to consider how poor qualitative research practice can lead to what looks like plagiarism.
You don't mention, in fact you don't even seem to know, that Arday's line that he had used NVivo (which he subsequently withdrew) was itself a repeat of Memon's original description of his own methodology (see from our article below).
While this might have happened due to plagiarism, it might also have happened due to errors in the coding and handling of data which mingled his own with that of Memon's. To be sure, that would be a reprehensible error requiring correction. But it's the kind of thing that can happen when handling a qualitative dataset poorly. And the publisher did not find evidence that this amounted to plagiarism.
The fact that Arday repeatedly cites Memon and his work and even his methodology, according to many academics Byline Times spoke to, goes against the idea he was trying to deliberately plagiarise and fabricate data via Memon. It appears to be what the publisher concluded. Surely that should be fairly reported.
What's especially reprehensible here is that you are continuing to misrepresent what formal investigations actually found, and to misconstrue what the "corrections" actually entailed. And you are doing so repeatedly and incessantly on this platform. You are publishing misleading inaccuracies.
bylinetimes.com/2026/09/10/j…
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This is a sham and these people don’t give a shit about academic freedom.
The CAF-commissioned independent investigation into Cambridge University’s appointment of Jason Arday is now up and running, and needs the assistance of those who know Cambridge best.
We strongly encourage current and former academics, students and other members of the University community, as well as others with relevant knowledge, to come forward with information.
This might include policy documents, internal correspondence or first-hand accounts concerning Arday’s academic record, his appointment and subsequent time at Cambridge, the University’s response to concerns about his scholarship and its treatment of those who raised them, and the development and application of institutional policies relating to recruitment, promotion, academic misconduct, research integrity and equality, diversity and inclusion.
Anyone wishing to contribute can contact the Investigator directly at:
[email protected]
The website provides further guidance on submitting information, including arrangements for particularly sensitive material:
ardayinvestigation.net/
This is a rare opportunity to bring matters long discussed behind closed doors, amongst trusted colleagues, into the light. Those who have witnessed decisions or practices that they believe warrant scrutiny, but have hitherto felt unable to raise their concerns through official channels, can now contribute to an investigation independent of the University.
Please help us spread the word and ensure this appeal reaches as many Cambridge academics and others with relevant knowledge as possible.
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Oops: "What many of these publications did not report at the time was that Nelson Mandela University's records did confirm that Arday held an adjunct professor position. He was identified as such in this university document" crishet.mandela.ac.za/crishe…" @NafeezAhmed
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Here’s the epic Jimmy Somerville utterly rinsing the LGB Alliance.
Never forget that the @AllianceLGB is an anti-trans, hard right hate group based out of 55 Tufton Street.
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Isn't such an odd thing, Marcus, to have a medical scandal - nay, "the greatest medical scandal of all time" - with no victims?
Where are the "1000 families" that The Times reported would be suing the Tavistock 4 years ago? (It turned out to be zero.)
The Cass Review: what the recommendations miss.
I welcomed Cass’s seminal report and its scrutiny of the evidence. But some of its recommendations reveal a lack of understanding of the clinical problem at the heart of this presentation.
In my clinical experience, rigid beliefs often hold together a fragile sense of self, keeping anxiety and uncertainty out of view. We cannot understand the clinical problem without examining why that certainty is so necessary and what the person fears would happen if they began to question it. Care that simply confirms the belief risks reinforcing the very difficulty we need to understand.
marcusevanspsych.substack.co… @NazShahBfd @BaronessDeech @ClaireCoutinho @sharrond62 @Transgendertrd @YvetteCooperMP
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This is a lie. Helen has said that she believes trans women in public are engaging "non-consensual" people in a sexual act, and should "keep it in the bedroom." I know this, because her podcast co-host (Graham Linehan) angrily tried to sue me when I tweeted she had said that.
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But the Daily Mail told me that you just have to say you're a bit depressed and the DWP gives you a free house, a Ferrari, and unlimited money
A terminally ill mum who has been given three years to live has been denied disability benefit despite being unable to eat, talk, dress or use the toilet independently...
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckqx…
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Cat check: This is nonsense.
Christianity came to Britain from the Middle East during the Roman occupation.
Britain is not culturally homogeneous. There have been different dialects, traditions and pastimes in neighbouring towns, let alone across different counties and nations on this island for centuries. To argue that Wales, Kent and Middlesbrough don't have their own cultures is demonstrably absurd.
Stop lying about our home to make poor arguments in favour of racism
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Are you defending that? Really? If you can refuse care because someone is the wrong sex, you don't need an ambulance.
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Ambulances are an EMERGENCY service. You call one on the basis you don't get s choice as to who turns up.
If you refuse care from a qualified paramedic you shouldn't have called an ambulance.
And you're a terrible person
Meanwhile, the BBC runs articles like this - which read more like activism than journalism.
Nobody should abuse or assault ambulance staff. That is completely unacceptable.
But this article presents patients
refusing care as prejudice. Without acknowledging a crucial fact: that the paramedic is male.
Neither does it acknowledge that some women may have legitimate reasons for refusing care from a male paramedic - regardless of how he identifies - including previous experiences of sexual violence, religious beliefs or a desire for single-sex care.
Good journalism should be able to reflect both positions: that no healthcare worker should face abuse - and that female patients have legitimate sex-based privacy and dignity concerns.
The BBC has too often fallen short of its duty of due impartiality on this issue.
And by presenting one perspective while overlooking legitimate competing rights and interests, it has helped embed an ideology rather than critically examining it.
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Far right activist Steve Laws has just doxxed someone accusing them of working for HOPE not hate and encouraged people to circulate his photo. Predictably, the post has been followed by the usual vile abuse and threats.
For the record, this person has no connection to HOPE not hate and I would urge them to contacted the police immediately and report Laws. We are also happy to supply legal support if required
@metpoliceuk