Smith gives beautifully contradictory answer where they want to direct some bits of universities (research, national priorities) and yet they want to lean back and act as if they are not directing universities at all because autonomy and no it's not for us to &c. Hitherto unseen levels of smug.

“I have never directly really tried to go and hurt anybody.” I mean, if people insisted on imagining that my general racist comments might apply to them and were hurt by this, that’s not my fault. Loathsome weasel.

Depends on which timeline.

As promised…

The 20 most affected institutions, not the only ones affected. Impact could in fact be greater on places with a smaller total loss, if it’s a bigger proportion of their turnover and/or they are already in deficit.

He has now finally given up and gone back to bed, so no possibility of an in-action photo at the moment. I will try to get one when he next wakes up and starts looking for trouble.

“If only they had fewer rights, then people wouldn’t hate them so much and we would hit some golden ratio where everyone will be happier. Because immigration perception and immigration reality are famously aligned things.”

“In her telling, racism and xenophobia seem not themselves objectively bad things that must be combatted, but a natural outcome that occurs when too many rights are given to immigrants and asylum seekers.”

It’s going to be a long day.

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Great band, but I don’t know this record.