“Oxford is a bastion of entrenched, wealthy, upper-class, white,...

“Oxford is a bastion of entrenched, wealthy, upper-class, white, southern privilege,” he tweeted in May. The university had to apologise after retweeting someone who described the MP as “bitter,” with its head of public affairs, Ceri Thomas, quick to signal a retreat: “We agree with you that Oxford needs to do more and criticism of us is no sign of bitterness.” That PR retreat is, perhaps, a sign that Oxford knows in its heart that there is a danger in simply dismissing the critics.

(via If Oxford shrugs | Prospect Magazine)