To the allies of the University of Buckingham’s embattled vice-chancellor, the conclusion of an investigation into his conduct last week represented an unequivocal vindication of a free-speech martyr.
Prof James Tooley was not only cleared of any wrongdoing in his relationship with a young Indian woman. He was also found to have been the victim, they argued, of a politically motivated “witch-hunt” by factions on the university’s governing body.
