Good morning. Instinct told me we should avoid this story. Europe is on fire, Gaza is besieged and Donald Trump remains in control of the world’s largest nuclear arsenal.Allegations against British sociologist Jason Arday of CV-zhuzhing and plagiarism in his PhD thesis (“An exploration of peer-mentoring among student teachers’ to inform reflective practice within the context of action research”) felt rather parochial by comparison.Then there’s the context: 41-year-old Arday was a Black Cambridge professor. It’s hard to believe pure academic rigour motivated his initial accusers or those now engaging in vitriolic DEI-bashing. Others rushed to defend Arday – a well-rehearsed...