For the LSE, in thrall to a dictator, Gaddafi was pure roast duck | Simon Jenkins

The school's association with Libya's leader is just an extreme version of the predicament now facing all UK universities

Pity the poor university. Told for 25 years to get into bed with big money, the London School of Economics found big money sometimes stinks. This week, as the Blairites bobbed and weaved their way out of the sleazy embrace of their friend, Gaddafi of Libya, someone forgot to tell the old school tie. The LSE thought it was helping the cause by giving Gaddafi's son a dodgy...