Jeez - have you seen the letter from Chris Heaton-Harris?

[berryupset]

This is pretty sinister. I am thinking of writing to my VC to see whether he received it and to find out how he responded. Two words spring to mind, one beginning with F the other with O!

www.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/24/universities-mccarthyism-mp-demands-list-brexit-chris-heaton-harris

My VC has been very vocal about Brexit. No way would he respond to this bit of State interference.

OTOH, if they want to send us to a mindset retraining camp, maybe I could leave a pile of admin & marking behind, and pretend to become a Leaver. They won't know what I really think

#lookingforasilverlining

Our vc has told him to do one.

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

I thought he may be an ex PPE student at first, but no he went to Wolverhampton Poly. He is a similar age to me, so at the time a large % of clearing spaces were available.

He is going to come a cropper, taking on all the VCs.

Interesting discussion on Radio 4 PM about this today. Bloke who is (I think) law professor at Durham was defending Chris H-H

Not sure what he can hope to gain. Any module on politics or the EU can't exactly NOT mention Brexit.... we gave him a list of all our politics modules suggesting all would mention Brexit and told him to look on the website!

It wasn't an FOI at least bane of my bloody life