Matthew Goodwin

Now, when 52% of voters decided they wanted to leave the European Union, and I publicly expressed my acceptance of that, I didn't campaign for Brexit, but I said, well, if 52% of people want to leave, okay, let's leave the European Union. And I wrote some op-eds saying perhaps how Britain could take advantage of this. Well, everything in my career after that changed.

Now, when 52% of voters decided they wanted to leave the European Union, and I publicly expressed my acceptance of that, I didn't campaign for Brexit, but I said, well, if 52% of people want to leave, okay, let's leave the European Union. And I wrote some op-eds saying perhaps how Britain could take advantage of this. Well, everything in my career after that changed.

Now, when 52% of voters decided they wanted to leave the European Union, and I publicly expressed my acceptance of that, I didn't campaign for Brexit, but I said, well, if 52% of people want to leave, okay, let's leave the European Union. And I wrote some op-eds saying perhaps how Britain could take advantage of this. Well, everything in my career after that changed.

I mean, I can only describe it as... being something similar to what I experienced when I was at high school, being bullied by kids in a boys' school, notoriously difficult environments. But academics really did launch a sustained campaign of harassment and intimidation. I was taken off research council peer bodies. I struggled to publish.

I mean, I can only describe it as... being something similar to what I experienced when I was at high school, being bullied by kids in a boys' school, notoriously difficult environments. But academics really did launch a sustained campaign of harassment and intimidation. I was taken off research council peer bodies. I struggled to publish.

I mean, I can only describe it as... being something similar to what I experienced when I was at high school, being bullied by kids in a boys' school, notoriously difficult environments. But academics really did launch a sustained campaign of harassment and intimidation. I was taken off research council peer bodies. I struggled to publish.

And suddenly my research grant applications were rejected. So this isn't the sort of complaint of an academic that never had these things. I just noticed such a tangible shift. And after a while, you have to look yourself in the mirror and you have to ask yourself, do I want to spend the rest of my life doing this because I was becoming very depressed. I wasn't particularly pleasant to be around.

And suddenly my research grant applications were rejected. So this isn't the sort of complaint of an academic that never had these things. I just noticed such a tangible shift. And after a while, you have to look yourself in the mirror and you have to ask yourself, do I want to spend the rest of my life doing this because I was becoming very depressed. I wasn't particularly pleasant to be around.

And suddenly my research grant applications were rejected. So this isn't the sort of complaint of an academic that never had these things. I just noticed such a tangible shift. And after a while, you have to look yourself in the mirror and you have to ask yourself, do I want to spend the rest of my life doing this because I was becoming very depressed. I wasn't particularly pleasant to be around.

You know, it wasn't a nice environment. I have a family, friends. People were saying, you know, what's going on? What's the matter? And I just said, you know, this is crazy. I don't want to spend the rest of my life like this. And I looked at what was happening at the University of Austin. I looked at what was happening at the University of Buckingham here in the UK.

You know, it wasn't a nice environment. I have a family, friends. People were saying, you know, what's going on? What's the matter? And I just said, you know, this is crazy. I don't want to spend the rest of my life like this. And I looked at what was happening at the University of Austin. I looked at what was happening at the University of Buckingham here in the UK.

You know, it wasn't a nice environment. I have a family, friends. People were saying, you know, what's going on? What's the matter? And I just said, you know, this is crazy. I don't want to spend the rest of my life like this. And I looked at what was happening at the University of Austin. I looked at what was happening at the University of Buckingham here in the UK.

I looked at things like, you know, you've got the Peterson Academy. I said, well, here are parallel structures, parallel institutions. Okay, so that's important. We should be supporting that.

I looked at things like, you know, you've got the Peterson Academy. I said, well, here are parallel structures, parallel institutions. Okay, so that's important. We should be supporting that.

I looked at things like, you know, you've got the Peterson Academy. I said, well, here are parallel structures, parallel institutions. Okay, so that's important. We should be supporting that.

But I also started to campaign for something called the Higher Education Free Speech Act here in the UK, which was the first piece of legislation that created a legal duty on universities here in the UK to protect and promote free speech and academic freedom on campus. And thankfully, that was

But I also started to campaign for something called the Higher Education Free Speech Act here in the UK, which was the first piece of legislation that created a legal duty on universities here in the UK to protect and promote free speech and academic freedom on campus. And thankfully, that was

But I also started to campaign for something called the Higher Education Free Speech Act here in the UK, which was the first piece of legislation that created a legal duty on universities here in the UK to protect and promote free speech and academic freedom on campus. And thankfully, that was

that was passed, although the current Labour government is now defanging that law, and we can come on and talk about that. But I decided, basically, I wanted to do something about the state of my country and the state of the West. And to be honest, I concluded that I couldn't really do that while remaining a university professor. I do believe in the importance of neutrality, of objectivity.

that was passed, although the current Labour government is now defanging that law, and we can come on and talk about that. But I decided, basically, I wanted to do something about the state of my country and the state of the West. And to be honest, I concluded that I couldn't really do that while remaining a university professor. I do believe in the importance of neutrality, of objectivity.