Yes, here we go. Knew the armchair generals would be out in force soon.
I bet a lot can't *WAIT* to be drafted.....
Maybe coming soon.
Talking of academics and so called experts this Mail article brought the level of those The Guardian proudly cited as top academics to heel:
Just as Jeremy Corbyn was on the ropes this week over his woefully inadequate response to the anti-Semitism row engulfing Labour, he received an unexpected message of support. It came in the form of a carefully co-ordinated intervention from an impressive sounding list of 42 academics.
In a letter published in the Guardian (where else), the academics leapt to his defence, claiming he was being subjected to an 'unfair trial by the media'. And these were not any old dons, according to the Guardian, they were 'senior academics'.
The 42 signatories, including 17 professors, wrote: '…the debate on anti-Semitism has been framed in such a way as to mystify the real sources of anti-Jewish bigotry and to weaponise it against a single political figure just ahead of important elections.'
Jeremy Corbyn has received support from a group of academics
Ignoring the fact that much of the criticism came from within the Labour Party as well as Corbyn's own deputy leader, Tom Watson, the letter continued: 'We condemn anti-Semitism wherever it exists. We also condemn journalism that so blatantly lacks context, perspective and a meaningful range of voices in its determination to condemn Jeremy Corbyn.'
So who are these intellectual heavyweights, and why did they merit such prominent coverage in the Guardian? The paper published the letter the day after Corbyn provocatively attended a supper in London with a Left-wing, anti-Zionist group where some of the central tenets of the Jewish faith were mocked and where a poem that abused the Queen and Prince Philip was circulated.
Among those who signed the letter is one Jane Dipple, a lecturer at Winchester University school of media and film, whose blog highlights her contribution to the world of learning. 'My PhD Thesis is entitled: Zombies in Britain from cinema to counter-culture.'
Warming to her theme, she boasts: 'I have devised a third-year undergraduate module entitled 'Zombie Apocalyse: the rise in zombie culture'. Now in its sixth year it is currently the only academic [zombie] course in the UK.' There's a surprise!
A paper on her website is entitled: 'Rocking with the undead: how zombies infected the psychobilly subculture.' Ms Dipple goes on to tell us: 'Zombie culture is ubiquitous: the undead can be found lurking in a number of unexpected areas of popular culture.' Some might joke that one or two zombies can be found in Corbyn's Labour Party.
Another signatory is William Proctor from Bournemouth University, where he is a 'senior lecturer in journalism, English and communication'.
His academic achievements are listed online. 'He has published on a variety of topics including Batman, James Bond, Spider-Man, The Walking Dead, One Direction fandom, and the reboot phenomenon [whatever that means] in popular culture.
'William is Director of The World Star Wars Project, a five-year study of the franchise from multiple perspectives which will culminate in 2020 with a multilingual, mixed methods global online questionnaire.
The article goes on to list a lot more risibly unqualified lightweights cited by The Guardian, so fear not, their "senior academics" need not be Nobel Prize winning material by any stretch
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz5CRjDZyye
But to give them credit, they are replacing them with new ones.
lol