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"Here's how I exposed Jason Arday and Cambridge" | David Starkey Talks to Nathan Cofnas​

I won't deny that watching Cambridge University's management scramble to contain the fallout from their disastrous recruitment of the dodgy academic Jason Arday has been sweetly satisfying. These are, in some instances, the very same people who sprang into action against me back in 2020, casting me out of the institution to which I'd been associated for 56 years.

Their decision to offer Mr Arday a Chair Professorship - the most coveted position in academia - on the basis of his plagiarised and completely meritless work has struck a hugely damaging blow to the practices of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in higher education. They will regroup of course, and do everything they can to prevent further probes into a system by which white and Asian students and academics are discriminated against in the name of racial representation, but for now let us enjoy the spectacle of their humiliation.

There are, of course, grimmer aspects to this story. Far from being the kind of doe-eyed, dreadlocked black Bambi he presented himself as, Mr Arday employed some of the most aggressive lawyers in the country to go after people who were looking into his academic record. One journalist for the Times Higher Education supplement was investigated by the Metropolitan Police over his reporting. A student who requested they no longer be supervised by Mr Arday was accused of racism. Just as we've seen how DEI in the police force results in a young man like Henry Nowak dying in handcuffs while his killer stands over him chatting amiably to officers; we see how DEI in education can ruin the careers of honest, decent people, while charlatans reap undeserved accolades.

My guest this week is one such victim of DEI in education. Nathan Cofnas is an academic, a philosopher of biology, who penned an article back in 2024 in which he argued that academic elites were being dishonest about average differences in intelligence between different racial groups. This resulted in a year-and-a-half long investigation by the university that saw him effectively quarantined until his contract of employment ran out. Now working at another university, it was Cofnas who exposed Jason Arday's rampant plagiarism, after being alerted to it by whistleblowers at Cambridge. If it hadn't been for Cofnas's intellectual bravery, and the open marketplace of ideas that we now have on X, the chances of this scandal ever emerging are close to non-existent.

 

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The day small boats crisis became a BIG boats crisis: Forty-nine foot mega-dinghy carrying 230 migrants - more than a Boeing 737 - reaches Britain​

Labour's attempts to tackle the Channel crisis were branded a 'complete laughing stock' on Monday after a record 230 migrants arrived on one dinghy.

The huge number – more than the capacity of a Boeing 737 jet – crossed from France yesterday, prompting the Conservatives to taunt Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood for 'presiding over a complete and utter farce'.

The record-breaking mega-dinghy arrived less than two weeks after Andy Burnham insisted the Government's plan was working.

Measuring 49ft from bow to stern, it was 7ft larger than vessels which set previous records last month, and more than 10ft longer than a standard double-decker bus.

People traffickers are thought to charge around £2,000 a head for illegal passage to Britain, meaning the dinghy could have made the criminals a staggering £450,000 profit.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: 'Labour's weak attempts at fixing the Channel crisis have turned the UK into a complete laughing stock. Shabana Mahmood is presiding over a complete and utter farce.

'She's handing over £660million of our money to the French, who are pathetically standing around on the beaches while hundreds of migrants embark on massive dinghies.'

He also criticised the gendarmes' inability to halt such a behemoth, adding: 'This is now beyond a joke. The French authorities could easily have stopped a vessel this size from embarking in shallow waters.

The day small boats crisis became a BIG boats crisis with megadinghy

The record-breaking mega-dinghy arrived less than two weeks after Andy Burnham insisted the Government's plan was working.

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IS THIS MOHAMMAD HASSAN ?

A student police officer has been charged after a woman was reportedly rescued from his car after being kidnapped and raped.

Mohammad Hassan, 23, serving with Greater Manchester Police (GMP), was detained while off duty in West Yorkshire.

A 999 call had been received shortly before 10.20pm, in which a woman could be heard in distress in a vehicle in the Manchester area, according to GMP.

Officers were then able to locate Hassan and arrest him.

On Monday evening, he was charged with a number of offences, including rape, kidnap, strangulation, sexual assault, theft and dangerous driving.

Hassan was remanded in custody and due to appear at Manchester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

He has been suspended by GMP.

Specialist officers and various agencies are supporting the victim, who is in her 20s.

Student police officer charged after woman was 'kidnapped and raped'

Mohammad Hassan, 23, serving with Greater Manchester Police (GMP), was detained while off duty in West Yorkshire after a chase down the M62 on Saturday.

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Phylo: Children of an alcoholic parent are roughly four times more likely to develop an alcohol use disorder themselves compared to the general population. Studies show that about 50% (or 1 in 2) of children raised by an alcoholic parent will struggle with alcohol or substance abuse at some point in their lives. [1, 2, 3] https://americanaddictioncenters.org/alcohol/support-recovery/child

• Mitigating circumstances based on avoiding jail because of dependent children can place a repeat DUI offender in a position where she may maim - and - or kill - other children and adult occupants of other vehicles.
• Due to her actions, her dependent children should bear the consequences of her choices - not innocent children or adults who have no association with her or her alcohol-related problems.

This is merely another instant of legalised protection of the uncivilised at the expense of the civilised.

Drunk diversity rep woman who crippled Afghan veteran a police officer by dragging him along road with her Range Rover during traffic stop avoids prison​

She was previously fined by magistrates for drink-driving and using a mobile phone while driving.

Sentencing, Judge Garrett Byrne said: 'You were over the legal limit, considerably so, and you were rightly arrested and cautioned. You then put the key in the ignition and made to drive off. PC Ward took hold of your hands to stop you.

'You then placed the vehicle in drive and drove forwards with PC Ward being dragged along, shouting that you were going home. You travelled about six car lengths before the officer was able to incapacitate you. Your behaviour continued by lashing out at him.

'PC Ward describes desperately trying not be dragged under the vehicle. He now suffers from very serious and lifelong injuries. Your behaviour here was absolutely appalling.

Diversity rep who crippled police officer with her 4x4 avoids prison

Candace Desilva, 37, of Anfield, drove off with the officer clinging to the side of her Range Rover in an attempt to flee after being stopped for traffic offences.

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The most striking comparison is that HMRC collected £12.8bn in alcohol duty in 2024/25, whereas the Institute of Alcohol Studies estimates that alcohol harm alone costs England £27.44bn a year.

That means the estimated harm in England alone is more than twice the entire UK alcohol-duty revenue: £27.44bn ÷ £12.8bn ≈ 2.14

It would therefore be misleading to say that alcohol “costs the UK £27.4bn” and compare that directly with £12.8bn: the £27.4bn figure is England only, while the £12.8bn tax figure is UK-wide. Nevertheless, even with that important qualification, the scale of the external costs is clearly very large.

 

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Stabbed in the heart over £20, a mobile phone and an Oyster card: New On The Case podcast revisits the callous murder of Tom ap Rhys Pryce - whose killers are now eligible for release​

The term 'jailed for life' equates to legalese lingo deception

Yet another instance of legal protection of the uncivilised at the expense of the civilised.

 

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Mohammed, of Cobridge, pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving, using a vehicle without third party insurance, and using a handheld mobile phone while driving a vehicle.

The court heard he also had a previous conviction for drug-drivin

 

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State school run by Britain's strictest head gets 70% A/A* grades despite Lucy Powell claiming disadvantaged students are being 'let down' by focus on academic subjects​

Britain's strictest headmistress is celebrating her pupils achieving almost 70 per cent A and A* grades – more than double the national average.

Katharine Birbalsingh runs Michaela Community School in Brent, north-west London, which prides itself on focusing on academic subjects and a no-nonsense approach to discipline.

Her school outperformed by far the national average of just 28.5 per cent of results being A and A*, despite serving one of the most deprived communities of the country.

It comes after the new Education Secretary, Lucy Powell, said forcing schools to prioritise academic learning was 'letting down' disadvantaged pupils.

Reacting this morning, Tory education spokesman Laura Trott said on X: 'Looking forward to Lucy Powell explaining how these results will be detrimental to the children involved.'

Figures released by the school this morning show a third of entries were graded A* – against a national average of 9.6 per cent.

And 10 per cent of Ms Birbalsingh's pupils got all A*s, with two securing places at Oxbridge.

Some 90 per cent of entries were graded at A* to B, and students achieved an average of AAA across all subjects.

State school ran by Britain's strictest head gets 70% A/A* grades

Katharine Birbalsingh runs Michaela Community School in Brent, London , which prides itself on focusing on academic subjects and a no-nonsense approach to discipline.

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1,250 ILLEGAL MALE MIGRANTS - 350 LEGAL RESIDENTS​

RATIO: 3.57 - 1 ​

• 'What are 1,250 men going to do all day?​

• You shouldn't have to feel unsafe in your own home':​

• Residents of tiny village soon to be outnumbered by 1,250 male migrants hit out​

  at Andy Burnham's plans to make middle-class areas house asylum seekers​

Locals living in a village that is soon to be outnumbered by migrants have criticised Andy Burnham's plans to make middle-class areas house asylum seekers.

The Prime Minister said this week that he would make sure arrivals were not only placed in the 'poorest communities' and 'all parts of the country need to play their part'.

But locals living in Piddington are infuriated by proposals to house 1,250 males at a migrant camp near the tiny Oxfordshire village at Bicester barracks.

Such is the ire of villagers, where just 350 people live, they have voted to stage a symbolic referendum on leaving the UK as part of their protests.

'This is about safety, nothing more. Even for them [the asylum seekers], along that road there is no pavement, there are no street lights. We just have to be realistic.

'They talk about bringing them out of hotels because it is going to be cheaper. This is going to cost millions.

'So I feel people have chosen for their children to live here, to have that community and village life and I think that will be ripped away from us. You shouldn't have to feel unsafe in your own home.

'For me, this isn't about politics, it is just about safety and the fact that there are vulnerable people in the village. We don't have a pub, we don't have a shop, what are the asylum seekers going to do here.'

Village soon to be outnumbered by migrants hits out at Burnham's plans

Locals living in Piddington are infuriated by proposals to house 1,250 males at a migrant camp near the tiny Oxfordshire village at Bicester barracks.

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Burnham is 'bypassing' communities to move asylum seekers to disused military sites - as neighbours warn plans to move 1,200 migrants into quaint Yorkshire village will 'leave women outnumbered six to one'​

Burnham 'bypassing' villagers to move migrants to military sites

RAF Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire is one of three military bases that ministers want to turn into accommodation for asylum seekers awaiting the outcome of their claims.

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The country that has sorted its migrant problem - so why can't we? The man behind a massive drop in asylum claims tells where Britain is going badly wrong​

The hardline Swedish minister who slashed the number of migrants coming to his country has revealed how he thinks Britain could do the same – by toughening up.

Johan Forssell explained how numbers applying to live in the Scandinavian country had fallen to a 40 year low with just 4,200 claims expected in 2026 – compared to 95,536 in Britain in a comparable period to last March.

Since Mr Forssell's centre-Right Moderate Party took power in 2022, deportations have increased by 60 per cent and asylum claims have dropped by 75 per cent – numbers that Labour's Andy Burnham can only dream of matching.

Mr Forssell told the Daily Mail how ten years ago during the Syrian refugee crisis more than 163,000 people had claimed asylum in Sweden but since then numbers have fallen dramatically.

He said: 'There is nothing extreme about what we are doing – we inherited a situation which had caused enormous integration problems in Sweden, there were gangs and shootings every day.

'That is what sparked us on and we have seen some important results but there are still many challenges to overcome, most people who want to come here are honest and want to work but it is a fact that some don't want to do that.

'For many years, Sweden had a very different migration policy compared to other countries and what happened was that led to situations of very severe problems, for example kids growing up where the parents didn't speak Swedish.

'The parents didn't go to work, and it created a sense that politicians were not in control of migration and that is what we are trying to change here now ov
er the last few years and so far, so good.'

The country that has sorted its migrant problem - so why can't we?

The hardline minister who slashed the number of migrants coming to his country has revealed how he thinks Britain could do the same - by toughening up.

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