The closing of the Durham university mind

The treatment of both Rod Liddle and Tim Luckhurst is an abuse of power

Dec 09, 2021

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Truly, the disgraceful events at Durham university over the past week are a parable for our sinister times.

Last Friday, the journalist Rod Liddle gave an after-dinner speech at the university’s South College. Liddle is famously anti-woke and doesn’t mince his words.

True to form, Liddle started by making a joke about bein…

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