A politics professor claims a Corbynite student demanded that he be disciplined after a row over the definition of “neoliberalism”.
Colin Talbot, who heads the University of Manchester’s department for government, provoked abusive tweets from the student after posting a lengthy blog on the subject. He argued that it was such a broad term that it was meaningless and few people ever admitted to being neoliberals.
The student, posting messages from @Hmmiguess, claimed that Professor Talbot was “stupid”, that he was bringing the university into disrepute, and that he was “ashamed and embarrassed” to be at the same university.
The professor expressed his astonishment, tweeting: “I criticise misuse of term ‘neoliberalism’ & a (Corbynite) student demands I be disciplined by my university for such outlandish