Eric Kaufmann, professor of political science, left Birkbeck for Buckingham University

Eric Kaufmann , a Canadian professor of political science, left Birkbeck College in the University of London where he had taught for twenty years .

He argued that white majorities should have as much right to protect their identity and culture as minorities, a position now perceived by some as evidence of racism.

He joins the best of those (disproportionately American ) writers, journalists, and politicians alarmed by activities of ideologically motivated individuals and organisations operating under the umbrella term “wokeism”.

New York Times' opinion-page editor James Bennet was sacked for publishing an op-ed calling for the army to be deployed against looters and rioters after the death of George Floyd .

Kaufmann : The more left-wing a person is, the more likely they are to choose political correctness over free expression.

At the same time, Diversity, Equity , and Inclusion departments are proliferating and gathering power in schools, universities, corporations, and other institutions.

These events spread the new gospel of total and enforced racial and gender equality of outcome.

The findings and remedial recommendations of DEI consultants often rely on unsupported allegations of emotional harm.