Very ‘Yookay’ if story if true here - The ‘Institute of Economic Affairs’ (IEA) is a major long-established right-wing free-market thinktank in Britain that has seen many of its key figures leave recently in part because, the rumour goes, its white British director converted to Islam and is becoming quite strict about it. They stopped serving alcohol at events, for instance
I know this isn't LinkedIn, but nonetheless, some professional news.
After 18 years, five books, three dozen papers and thousands of articles, presentations, podcasts, videos, media appearances etc etc – I am leaving the IEA in a few weeks' time.
I am, however, neither joining Novara Media, nor the Guardian, nor SOAS. I am not starting a podcast with Gary Stevenson either.
I'll continue to promote extremely uncool, cringey low-status opinions in other ways. Watch this space.