I’d argue it was also his extraordinary claims, such as running 600 miles in 6 days or completing 4 marathons on consecutive days with a hairline leg fracture. Catnip for subeditors. As was the massive PR campaign accompanying his appointment at Jesus College.
Iran could do something hilarious right now
That makes the ethnic cleansing OK then.
I think theres more nuance. For nearly two decades he actively courted press attention, constructing a striking self-mythology that almost dared disbelief.
He was happy enough with that until last year when investigative journalists actually began questioning his methods and claims, at which point he engaged the services of notorious SLAPP law firm Carter-Ruck to intimidate them into silence.
At a time when there are concerns of AI-hallucinated studies and deep cutbacks in the university sector, his downfall amid accusations of fabricated evidence and plagiarism was newsworthy. He didn’t deserve that end, but scrutiny was merited.
Sure. The party that wanted to abolish juries isn’t as bad as the parties that didn’t.
Thats hunny to his ears.
The Tories are also the MAGA party. And Restore. And increasingly Labour.
His memoirs are being published this week, and he has been a public figure for nearly 15 years. He isn’t exactly a private citizen.
Not quite. He was exonerated by the vaguest of “investigations” which only considered that a complaint came from a racist, and discarded out of hand the concerns of his colleagues about his behaviour. There is growing pressure for Cambridge to mount an independent investigation into the first investigation.
Arday then hired the elite law firm Carter-Ruck, which has a reputation for SLAPP tactics against journalists, and they succeeded in getting Times Higher Education to spike their own investigatory reporting into him late last year as they prepared a story looking into his fabricating medical research subjects and plagiarising other studies.
At the time of his death, he was being investigated by Jesus College and Cambridge University in separate proceedings, and Queens University Belfast. This time they were considering the copious evidence that Arday plagiarised from his students and lied about his achievements, rather than focusing on a complainant. Even Carter-Ruck couldn’t suppress the reporting as accusations mounted.
Allegedly
Baseball originated in England
Britain invented football, hockey, ice hockey, cricket, baseball, tennis, golf, rugby, badminton, darts, snooker, netball, table tennis, squash, curling, rowing, hammer throw, shot put, water polo…
Second most obese nation in Europe
However it does seem people still aren’t getting that.
So it’s full fat then.
By that you mean you’re willing for other people to risk life and limb for your beliefs, while you’re willing to risk a slight ouchie when you cut the oranges for half-time?
His commitment is to the satire, not to the idea of having to be an MP.
They had Boeing design a bespoke 737 variant to simplify operations and maximise throughput.
Cofnas wasn’t connected to the investigative reporting by Times Higher Education last autumn which found 68 pages of comparison between Arday’s papers and his students’ - with typos intact. It also uncoveed evidence he had falsified a medical study he authored. The piece was spiked following a SLAPP threat from notorious lawfare firm Carter-Ruck, on instructions from Arday.
The first Cambridge investigation made the mistake of discounting the allegations against Arday because the complaint had been brought by another racist. This despite the investigation having found copious corroborative evidence from Arday’s colleagues, who were deeply concerned by his comduct.