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The strange tale of Buckingham University and the Thatcherite right
Reminiscent of the ‘Buffy’TV series the demons all come from one academic institution, they make a lot of noise, but they are all beaten by a gang of teenagers, who rely on a rather calm, older intellectual for guidance – where Corbyn plays the role of Giles the Librarian, read on...
what’s good for the goose is good for the gander : (Above) Denis Thatcher (left) receives his first honorary degree from the University of Buckingham in November 2000 and (right) Margaret Thatcher gets an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the same institution in February 1986 – 10 years after elevating it from college to university status

SWITCH on the radio, look in the newspaper and see something nasty coming out of a university? Take a close look and you might see that it isn’t often just any old university. It’s the University of Buckingham.

Radio 4 have got a “University Leader” to say why Lecturers and Librarians should not go on strike. Oh look, it’s Anthony Seldon, vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham.

A professor is trying to support the Sun’s absurd story about Corbyn being a Czech spy? It’s Professor Anthony Glees of the University of Buckingham.

Sometimes it seems like the University of Buckingham is sitting on some
kind of Conservative hellmouth

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