THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Lecturers at one of the country’s leading universities were roundly condemned last night for praising students who rioted at Conservative Party headquarters.
Academics at Goldsmiths, University of London, justified the violence by saying it had brought the tuition fees row “media attention across the world”.
In a statement branded “irresponsible” by Downing Street, they said they wished to “congratulate staff and students on the magnificent anti-cuts demonstration”.
It was signed by John Wadsworth, the president of Goldsmiths lecturers’ union, and its secretary Des Freedman, a lecturer in communications and cultural studies.
It also emerged that a lecturer from the University of Sussex who was among the protestors is a prominent member of the left-wing socialist group Revolution, which began planning “direct action” weeks ago. >>> Gordon Rayner and Laura Roberts | Friday, November 12, 2010
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