Matthew Goodwin

Well, I think in many ways, Jordan, our stories are somewhat similar within higher education. If you look at the UK, the stat that I always remind people is back in the 1960s, for every one conservative academic, there were three academics on the left. Today, for every one conservative, classical, liberal academic, there are 10 academics on the left today.

Well, I think in many ways, Jordan, our stories are somewhat similar within higher education. If you look at the UK, the stat that I always remind people is back in the 1960s, for every one conservative academic, there were three academics on the left. Today, for every one conservative, classical, liberal academic, there are 10 academics on the left today.

If you look at the rigorous surveys of how faculty has changed over the last half century or so. And so within that, what you've seen

If you look at the rigorous surveys of how faculty has changed over the last half century or so. And so within that, what you've seen

If you look at the rigorous surveys of how faculty has changed over the last half century or so. And so within that, what you've seen

You know, as I'm sure many people in North America will also relate to, you've seen the rapid expansion of the university bureaucracy, the politicization of the university bureaucracy, which for an academic like me found its expression in having to do things like mandatory diversity statements.

You know, as I'm sure many people in North America will also relate to, you've seen the rapid expansion of the university bureaucracy, the politicization of the university bureaucracy, which for an academic like me found its expression in having to do things like mandatory diversity statements.

You know, as I'm sure many people in North America will also relate to, you've seen the rapid expansion of the university bureaucracy, the politicization of the university bureaucracy, which for an academic like me found its expression in having to do things like mandatory diversity statements.

whereby every time I went for a research grant, every time I went for a job, I had to swear allegiance, essentially, to the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda. I had to decolonize my university reading list. But more than that, Jordan, to be frank,

whereby every time I went for a research grant, every time I went for a job, I had to swear allegiance, essentially, to the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda. I had to decolonize my university reading list. But more than that, Jordan, to be frank,

whereby every time I went for a research grant, every time I went for a job, I had to swear allegiance, essentially, to the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda. I had to decolonize my university reading list. But more than that, Jordan, to be frank,

I was sick and tired of watching many of my colleagues, good people, Kathleen Stock, Noah Karl, Eric Kaufman, among others, being harassed, bullied, intimidated, and chased off campus because they were saying entirely legitimate, reasonable things that happened to violate this orthodoxy on campus. And I felt sorry for my students. I felt sorry for their parents who were paying for this education.

I was sick and tired of watching many of my colleagues, good people, Kathleen Stock, Noah Karl, Eric Kaufman, among others, being harassed, bullied, intimidated, and chased off campus because they were saying entirely legitimate, reasonable things that happened to violate this orthodoxy on campus. And I felt sorry for my students. I felt sorry for their parents who were paying for this education.

I was sick and tired of watching many of my colleagues, good people, Kathleen Stock, Noah Karl, Eric Kaufman, among others, being harassed, bullied, intimidated, and chased off campus because they were saying entirely legitimate, reasonable things that happened to violate this orthodoxy on campus. And I felt sorry for my students. I felt sorry for their parents who were paying for this education.

And it was particularly for me, actually. It was the experience of going through the Brexit referendum, okay? I mean, just to paint a brief picture, prior to 2016, with the votes for Brexit and Trump, I was, by all metrics, a very successful academic. I was one of the youngest professors ever. in the UK. I had no problem getting research grants.

And it was particularly for me, actually. It was the experience of going through the Brexit referendum, okay? I mean, just to paint a brief picture, prior to 2016, with the votes for Brexit and Trump, I was, by all metrics, a very successful academic. I was one of the youngest professors ever. in the UK. I had no problem getting research grants.

And it was particularly for me, actually. It was the experience of going through the Brexit referendum, okay? I mean, just to paint a brief picture, prior to 2016, with the votes for Brexit and Trump, I was, by all metrics, a very successful academic. I was one of the youngest professors ever. in the UK. I had no problem getting research grants.

I attracted a lot of money from the research councils. I published it for Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press. I published in the most prestigious academic journals. And this was part of what I would call the BB era in my career, before Brexit.

I attracted a lot of money from the research councils. I published it for Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press. I published in the most prestigious academic journals. And this was part of what I would call the BB era in my career, before Brexit.

I attracted a lot of money from the research councils. I published it for Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press. I published in the most prestigious academic journals. And this was part of what I would call the BB era in my career, before Brexit.