Matthew Goodwin

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.

I don't think university professors should be politically active to the degree that I want to become politically active. And so I made a decision. I said, okay, I'm going to walk away from this after 20 years, and I'm going to actually try and enter the wider public debate and try and give people a voice.

I don't think university professors should be politically active to the degree that I want to become politically active. And so I made a decision. I said, okay, I'm going to walk away from this after 20 years, and I'm going to actually try and enter the wider public debate and try and give people a voice.

I don't think university professors should be politically active to the degree that I want to become politically active. And so I made a decision. I said, okay, I'm going to walk away from this after 20 years, and I'm going to actually try and enter the wider public debate and try and give people a voice.

Look, I think they're gone. I really think they're gone. And I've had this debate with many friends and colleagues of mine, much more successful academics than me. I mean, people I really respect, historian Neil Ferguson, among others. And the way they talk about academia in the 80s and 90s, is something I don't personally recognize from my experience.

Look, I think they're gone. I really think they're gone. And I've had this debate with many friends and colleagues of mine, much more successful academics than me. I mean, people I really respect, historian Neil Ferguson, among others. And the way they talk about academia in the 80s and 90s, is something I don't personally recognize from my experience.

Look, I think they're gone. I really think they're gone. And I've had this debate with many friends and colleagues of mine, much more successful academics than me. I mean, people I really respect, historian Neil Ferguson, among others. And the way they talk about academia in the 80s and 90s, is something I don't personally recognize from my experience.

I think the universities, the legacy universities, Jordan, are gone. Donors constantly say to me, well, I'm going to buy or invest in an Oxford College and I'm going to reform it. Well, you and I both know, you and I both know it's disillusioned

I think the universities, the legacy universities, Jordan, are gone. Donors constantly say to me, well, I'm going to buy or invest in an Oxford College and I'm going to reform it. Well, you and I both know, you and I both know it's disillusioned

I think the universities, the legacy universities, Jordan, are gone. Donors constantly say to me, well, I'm going to buy or invest in an Oxford College and I'm going to reform it. Well, you and I both know, you and I both know it's disillusioned

academics, that the moment that collides with the reality of the ecosystem of higher education, the ethics committees, the research councils, the bureaucracy, you and I both know what will happen. Any attempt to reform the legacy universities will get tied up immediately in paperwork and ideological motivations. That's what's going to happen.

academics, that the moment that collides with the reality of the ecosystem of higher education, the ethics committees, the research councils, the bureaucracy, you and I both know what will happen. Any attempt to reform the legacy universities will get tied up immediately in paperwork and ideological motivations. That's what's going to happen.

academics, that the moment that collides with the reality of the ecosystem of higher education, the ethics committees, the research councils, the bureaucracy, you and I both know what will happen. Any attempt to reform the legacy universities will get tied up immediately in paperwork and ideological motivations. That's what's going to happen.

Well, absolutely. But there are also ideological scams. And that's when I became very disillusioned. I watched the grievance studies hoax play out whereby, you know, clearly fraudulent papers were submitted to social justice journals and then revealed to have been authored by, you know, Peter Boghossian himself. Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay.

Well, absolutely. But there are also ideological scams. And that's when I became very disillusioned. I watched the grievance studies hoax play out whereby, you know, clearly fraudulent papers were submitted to social justice journals and then revealed to have been authored by, you know, Peter Boghossian himself. Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay.

Well, absolutely. But there are also ideological scams. And that's when I became very disillusioned. I watched the grievance studies hoax play out whereby, you know, clearly fraudulent papers were submitted to social justice journals and then revealed to have been authored by, you know, Peter Boghossian himself. Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay.

I watched the Michael Lequeur scandal whereby a researcher had claimed that a randomized controlled trial involving gay canvassers talking to voters face to face made them more supportive of same-sex marriage. It turned out he had fabricated his data, but that was accepted without question by the most prestigious journals in academia. I saw the Roland Frye scandal at Harvard.

I watched the Michael Lequeur scandal whereby a researcher had claimed that a randomized controlled trial involving gay canvassers talking to voters face to face made them more supportive of same-sex marriage. It turned out he had fabricated his data, but that was accepted without question by the most prestigious journals in academia. I saw the Roland Frye scandal at Harvard.

I watched the Michael Lequeur scandal whereby a researcher had claimed that a randomized controlled trial involving gay canvassers talking to voters face to face made them more supportive of same-sex marriage. It turned out he had fabricated his data, but that was accepted without question by the most prestigious journals in academia. I saw the Roland Frye scandal at Harvard.

The nightmare that he had to go through to publish a finding that challenged the orthodoxy on campus. In that case, that African-Americans were not more likely to be killed by police. And I was just watching one scandal after another and just realizing, you know, the whole thing is rotten. You know, the industry, the sector that I'm working in, it needs root and branch reform. So I left.