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Hardeep Matharu

For 6 months, Byline Times has investigated Reform policy chief & Cambridge Professor James Orr's 'political pipeline' to recruit students, some of whom he houses – & his links to Palantir's Peter Thiel. Cambridge sent our queries straight on to Orr's lawyers. What's going on at the institution? 👇

Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project RevealedThe world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...bylinetimes.com
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Plain Lincoln

"yet money talks, and the wisest Have sometimes been known to count a few coins too many" Nothing new, I guess, but I preferred the Cambridge treason based on conviction, rather than plain old pedestrian greed...🤑😵‍💫😒

Sheriff of Nothing

This month's non-answer continues a pattern running back at least four years. In December 2021, 185 Cambridge staff and students petitioned for a formal university investigation into far-right influence connected to Orr's network; none followed.

// THE TALENT ACQUISITIONA Cambridge don chairs the foundation, supervises the student it funds, and insists none of it is a conflict of interest. Observations on James Orr, Peter Thiel's Cambridge donation, Reform UK's talent pipeline, and a university that forwards its hardest questions straight to lawyers.www.jonknowles.com
Pete Thompson

How embarrassing for this great seat of learning. A senior professor using his influence to build a recruitment hub for the far right Reform Party and they literally do nothing.

Frogzombie

Sounds like a grooming gang

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Dave Kirby

This was part of the right-wing purpose in the public defunding of university education, but it still shocks me that my university, Cambridge, supposedly a hallowed bastion of enlightenment & science, having had to accept huge donations from Theil, has become a training institution for fascists.

Hardeep Matharu

Hat tip to colleagues @nafeez.bsky.social & @peterjukes.bsky.social for an excellent investigation. Also, the established press finally reports on the opaqueness re Reform & Farage that @adambienkov.bsky.social, @josiahmortimer.bsky.social & others at Byline Times have been revealing *for years*!

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Hardeep Matharu

Byline Times has always existed as an independent check on power – recognising the established media is itself a power bloc shaping our democracy, society, the ideas we think with. You can support those dedicated to digging no matter which way the wind blows: subscribe.bylinetimes.com. It matters.

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John Milner

Yep look forward to it :-) strongly recommended

Radha Mitchell

It's already too late when we see the results that money and power have on recruiting young minds to the darkness of far right ideas.

Tagg er

You do not want to end up like America England. I warn you Nothing good will come from these people. They will strip mine your citizens wealth for themselves. Just look at Ametica do not be like us!!

Tristan Wonfor

Society was lost the moment our brightest minds went into finance instead of engineering or science or humanitarianism

fluffychikki

Do not back away slowly from Peter Thiel. Turn and RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!! That man is the evil, and possibly insane, rich and powerful guy that appears in every dystopian scifi movie. Not even his intentions are good.

ajlnflk

You mean he shares an interest in young men with Peter Thiel? What could possibly turn out to be horrific about that?

Dave Merritt

Cambridge is a deeply dysfunctional university.

livingmylifeyeah

Thanks gor sharing it : brilliant work, detailing the darkest aspects of today's world. Contrary to what someone is saying in the comments, no, it's never too late.

Steve B

Exceptional investigation and report. Thank you. And an epic accompanying Bluesky thread from your co-author Dr Nafeez Ahmed‬.

Dr Nafeez Ahmed

1/🧵EXCLUSIVE: @bylinetimes.bsky.social's six-month investigation into Reform UK's policy chief: a secret donation from Peter Thiel, Thiel's life-changing offers to Cambridge scholars, and a far-right, theocratic student recruitment drive in breach of safeguarding bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...

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Jane

Thank you Bylines and all involved in this . Are they trying to build something similar to the Federalist Society, getting people with right wing theocratic views into Parliament so they can roll back rights for women and LGBTQ people?

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Steve B

Hi Jane, I'm not from Byline Times - just a humble reader myself - so you might like to re-reply with this on Hardeep's initial post? But I'll have a stab at your question from all I have read and seen from Byline and beyond and my answer is YES.

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Steve B

Beyond this Byline Times exclusive article, there is also superb coverage of Thiel and Palantir and telling insight from The Nerve @thenerve.news.

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Shane

I suspect it ain't the women & LGBTQs who are their main target.

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Peter Welsh

100% agree! First Class reporting on mission creep souring Cambridge. Bravo @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Steve B

Such good work. On a slightly less serious note, I used to get some disbelieving looks from people down the pub:

Steve B

Obscure quote used to be with a barmaid at my local years back. I'd walk in, she'd be pouring a pint for me before I got to the bar. Her: (without looking up from the pour) Fascist! Me: Hag! Quote from Hot Fuzz. About a crossword. Later morphed into Her: Fag! Me: Hashist! I miss that.

Matthew Perren

Cambridge University professor you say? How very anti-establishment.

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