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'E's Gorn...

Posted by Ed User icon on August 15, 2026, 4:35 am

This is a strange and sad case...

quote:
Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row, found dead

Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row, has been found dead.

Emergency services said a man was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon.

Arday resigned as a Cambridge professor of sociology of education last week after allegations of plagiarism and questions about some of his achievements. He had denied the claims.

Arday's family said in a statement that they were "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son".

They added: "The campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason, who was a gentle man and who always wanted to see the best in everyone."...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j1ye6n30no

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile."

Re: 'E's Gorn...

Posted by Keith-264 User icon on August 15, 2026, 8:21 am, in reply to "'E's Gorn..."

Somewhat unexpected and not welcome. I had hoped that he was going to turn out like Felix Krull. I was enjoying the scandal nearly as much as his hair do.

Re: 'E's Gorn...

Posted by Ed User icon on August 15, 2026, 8:32 am, in reply to "Re: 'E's Gorn..."

Felix Krull...now that's a blast from the past!
Got half way through "The Magic Mountain" and had had enough...life was too short, even back then in college!
Moved on to "Confessions" and had a rare old time!

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile."

Re: 'E's Gorn...

Posted by Keith-264 User icon on August 15, 2026, 8:39 am, in reply to "Re: 'E's Gorn..."

There was a Boche version on channel 4 when it started. Quite good.

Re: 'E's Gorn...

Posted by Ed User icon on August 15, 2026, 6:16 pm, in reply to "Re: 'E's Gorn..."

I fancy watching that...will have to try and look it up.
Three versions listed in IMDB, one of them a 5 episode series.

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile."

Re: 'E's Gorn...

Posted by Keith-264 User icon on August 15, 2026, 10:42 pm, in reply to "Re: 'E's Gorn..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confessions_of_Felix_Krull_(TV_series)

This one

A fecking fraud and disgrace to coloured persons

Posted by Chris Rogers User icon on August 17, 2026, 2:42 am, in reply to "'E's Gorn..."

I was wondering what the hell all this Arday bollocks was given the hysteria from progressive liberals and blatant fascists, luckily, Alex Mckay was on hand to give a genuine Marxist-Leninist summation of the reality and I must say, the progressive liberal class has scored a mighty home goal with this one and as ever, The Good Law Project is on hand to demonstrate how demented liberals really are. And, of course, fascists will be fascists but its the UK's supposed Left that again gets its knickers in a twist.
Here's the link to Alex, it starts at 15mins in: https://www.youtube.com/live/j3Pcm__7pR4?si=cV3CIBVrFmKc2hkJ

Fraud yes

Posted by Keith-264 User icon on August 17, 2026, 12:13 pm, in reply to "A fecking fraud and disgrace to coloured persons"

but why a disgrace? Who got hurt?

Clearly detailed by Mr Mckay - why not listen to it?

Posted by Chris Rogers User icon on August 17, 2026, 1:22 pm, in reply to "Fraud yes"

I don't care

Posted by Keith-264 User icon on August 17, 2026, 1:35 pm, in reply to "Clearly detailed by Mr Mckay - why not listen to it?"

Academic bunfights aren't worth the bother.

He's not discussing " Academic bunfights"

Posted by Ken Waldron User icon on August 17, 2026, 6:58 pm, in reply to "I don't care"

But rather analysing why this guy was both set up and then knocked down by the establishment. The tokenism of what was effectively a political appointment, the inherent danger in using an individual as a "front" or advertisment to sell progressive values it doesn't really have...a critique of everything that's wrong when an educational system is, as he points out, not primarily about education but about establishment retention of power.

Thanks for posting btw Chris. I thought it was very good.

He faced an average of over 10 media hit-pieces a day over 22 days...

Posted by Mark Doran User icon on August 17, 2026, 2:50 pm, in reply to "'E's Gorn..."

And latterly The Spectator (Editor: M Gove) was actually posting hit-pieces online every few hours.

Every reeking piece of right-wing shit in UK media was sticking the boot in.

M.

Re: He faced an average of over 10 media hit-pieces a day over 22 days...

Posted by Keith-264 User icon on August 17, 2026, 6:57 pm, in reply to "He faced an average of over 10 media hit-pieces a day over 22 days..."

Have they been backtracking since then?

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