Lessons from the phoney 'Labour antisemitism crisis' that was deployed against Corbyn:
1. Don't try to appease the unappeasable.
2. Don't collude in falsehoods.
3. Don't genuflect before communal 'representatives'.
4. Keep your eyes on the prize.
Mamdani doing very well so far.
Sure, Iran is not a bed of roses for women but the American stupidity is through the roof. When I was doing my PhD, to my left and to my right, throughout the corridor and everywhere in the building I was surrounded by Iranian women PhDs and postdocs.
Every university has one professor considered too old, cranky, and strange to deal with teaching and admin. He's put in a dark room and forgotten. The professor is blissfully happy.