Matt Frei

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718 appearances 13 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 17 Aug

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The Claire Byrne Show · Hundreds attend Cambridge vigil for Jason Arday · 17 Aug 2026 podcast

So there were just there were things about his life story.

And he was clearly a remarkable individual on many levels, but there were things about his life story that just didn't ring true.

Now whether they were true or not, I couldn't possibly comment and I just don't know the facts there.

They they just didn't bring entirely true.

And and I guess the point, Claire, is that he was someone who was in part elevated to this very high position because of his life story and because of who he who he was and what he represented.

And as a friend of his told me uh on LBC on Saturday, he was fetishised for being a young, black, brilliant academic by the University of Cambridge.

Uh, just as he was then dropped by the same body.

I mean, they would deny that of course, and they're saying that they've

you know, in giving him all the pastoral care that he needed.

But the fact that they opened another investigation into him, probably under public pressure, partly from the right wing press, but also from other academics who didn't like the fact that Ade was a professor, they buckled to that pressure and that ultimately caused him to resign from his position.

So I think there's a you know, as the Prime Minister said, this is a moment for reflection.

The fact that he got involved in this at all is quite interesting.

But Andy Burnham said this is a moment for reflection and there's a lot of

There are a lot of people that who l should look at their conscience on lots of different levels.

So there's a lot of blame to go around here, I'm afraid.

Well it depends who you look at.

So I mean and which coverage you're looking at.

So there was clearly some stuff in some of the right wing papers like the Telegraph or the Daily Mail and you know, they were gunning for him.

They saw

His elevation as a perfect example of a DEI, you know

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