Another, small but important, example of how politics and media really works in the UK 👇

"When those like Professor Arday pass, people aren't just mourning an individual – they mourn everything else he represented. He built his career around challenging inequalities of race, class, belonging... Many relate to that: that their very existence can be an act of resistance" Aker Okoye-Downie

"There is a legitimate role for scrutiny in journalism and academia, but scrutiny should never mean the abandonment of proportionality or humanity. Professor Arday's death forces an uncomfortable reckoning with what happens when the subject of a story ceases to be treated as a person" Richard Sudan

"Cambridge must recognise attacks on one minority ethnic leader could have implications for others. We have seen questions subsequently raised about the leadership of Lord Simon Woolley. That raises a much broader question about what happens when minority ethnic staff are targeted" Aker Downie-Okoye

Among the concerns raised about the advice Jason Arday received from Cambridge in the weeks before his death is that he spoke to the Daily Mail, which surprised those who knew him. It is understood he did this on advice from the University. This period will be examined in Nazir Afzal's inquiry.

"The trust has been severed, particularly for black and minoritised students of colour, because they are thinking now: this could be me, and I could be unprotected. In future, they need to know they will be safeguarded – that Cambridge genuinely cares about their wellbeing and safety" Sarah Misraoui

"It is vital the rise of the far-right that has infiltrated certain establishments – Cambridge possibly being one of them – is looked into. The task ahead for Cambridge & society is huge. Cambridge holds the future of many influential minds. Who influences those minds is fundamental" Dawn Butler MP

"The contrast with the comparatively limited attention to controversies involving James Orr is profound. Accountability cannot function credibly if its intensity appears to selectively change according to who is being held accountable. Accountability itself becomes a racialised weapon" Richard Sudan

"This moment is bigger than one individual or even one institution... academia is increasingly at the centre of conflicts around inclusion, justice, who gets to shape ideas. There is an important question for the University about who gets to decide who belongs in this institution" Aker Downie-Okoye

The story of Jason Arday is the story of James Orr. Of the ideology which has found a foothold in Cambridge University, fostering the sorts of ideas that formed the undercurrents – sometimes explicit; sometimes unconscious – against Arday. I returned to my alma mater for an in-depth exploration 👇

Much appreciated, Rob.

Thanks for your support Jackie. It all makes a difference.

It means a lot.

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That's a lovely way to put it, Liz.

Bonnie Greer was never anybody but herself. So unique. So indomitable. So unaffected by the crowd. A lover of complexities and no easy answers. We were emailing in recent weeks about Jason Arday – she had much to say which she wasn't able to in the end. A mentor who lifted us up. We will miss you.

As a Cambridge alum, I too found it sad Kate.

A criminal investigation is underway by Met Police into allegations Reform broke the law in relation to foreign funding, following a C4 broadcast involving James Orr. James Orr is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity. Any media interest in hundreds of articles?