An honorary fellow of Durham University has been stripped of his title for sending what were said to be antisemitic and Islamophobic tweets.
Stephen Pax Leonard, an expert in linguistics and anthropology, responded by going on the attack and said that Conservatives and Brexiteers such as him were being made to feel excluded and unwelcome at universities.
He had his honorary fellowship removed by St Chad’s College after complaints were made about tweets, which have since been deleted. One said: “With so few Jews it is extraordinary that the [Swedish] print media is largely owned and edited by Jewish families.” Another stated that Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, wanted the capital “to become a mecca for Muslims” and that “millions of Muslims support Isis”.