The story of Jason Arday is one of the strangest and yet embarrassingly sad representations of political correctness, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion running amok. [Recap of Absurd Stories Here]
After one of the most ridiculous and absurd life stories was seemingly accepted by the Cambridge University academic community, they raised Jason Arday to a professorship of sociology and education in 2023. Then slowly it surfaced that the guy was a professional plagiarist and was passing off the academic work of others as his own.
Everything unraveled as those outside the university system started looking at Arday’s scholarship and life claims. The absurdity of it all ended up with massive embarrassment for the university and those within it.
Arday resigned in disgrace; but prior to the discovery of his fictitious life story being sold as real, he signed a book deal which was scheduled to launch this week. I suspect the publisher did some serious hindsight research and discovered the material in the book was entirely made up. Something happened, and today Mr Arday was found dead.
Daily Mail – […] Professor Jason Arday was found unresponsive at a London address shortly after 3pm on Friday.
It comes after a tumultuous few weeks in which fellow dons had questioned if the 41-year-old academic’s work was original.
[…] The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: ‘Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 3.12pm on Friday, August 14, following a report that a man had been found unresponsive inside a property.
‘Sadly, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by officers.
‘At this time his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious.’
The statement added: ‘The case is being investigated by officers from the Met’s Central South Command Unit. A file will be prepared for the coroner.’ (read more)
…”When Arday resigned from his professorship and his fellowship, he said that this should not be ‘mistaken for an acceptance of the narratives that have surrounded me’. He cited the ‘personal cost’ of the furore which he said had been ‘too great’. He also cancelled a series of events to promote his new memoir, Great And Unfortunate Things, which was released in the US this week.”…
Clearly, President Trump is responsible. Cue the hate in three…two…one…
Exactly.
It’s racism that did him in.
It always is.
It’s Whitey’s fault. Always.
Rule #1-It’s Whitey’s fault.
Rule #2-If Person of Color does something wrong….see Rule #1.
Stupid hat.
Where is Suspicious Cat?
Academics is Ground Zero for woke. Remember that when you send your kids and grandkids to college.
You are so right Joe!
My wife and I have three children.
The oldest (boy) went to college, graduated with a degree in Exercise Science, and then earned his Doctorate in Physical Therapy. He’s a successful physical therapist now.
My middle child (girl) and youngest (boy) did not go to college. They both got jobs and advanced/climbed the ladder and are both hugely successful in their chosen careers.
They studied in “The School of Hard Knocks” at “Work University.” (way better than “Woke University”)
All three are successful for three reasons.
One-we raised them to avoid leftism like the plague and to worship Jesus Christ.
Two-all three avoided the “leftism incubation curriculum” in college. (my oldest son has hilarious stories about that garbage)
Three-God richly blessed each one of them-guiding and directing them all along the way.
We are so blessed that God directed them away from the Woke Indoctrination of the modern university.
amen. your children were blessed with wonderful parents. they glow with your love–I can see it from here.
You and your wife did wonderful things for your children, Bruce. Best of all you led them to The Lord of Heaven and earth, Jesus Christ.
Cannot get any better than that.
At least he didn’t claim to be an American Indian or a Vietnam War Hero.
Or to claim he was a veteran of the British Army in the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan — too easily exposed on that one.
He hadn’t made those claims yet because he hadn’t run for a Congressional seat yet. Seem to remember something regarding a Kenyan taking a similar path
Intense embarrassment and guilt for being caught as a fraud can easily lead to suicide especially for those that don’t know Him.
Could no longer maintain the life he was accustomed to.
There’s a charlatan born somewhere every day.
Academia is run by charlatans recruiting other charlatans.
They only feign embarrassment when they get caught.
It must have been absolutely devastating when the grift ended.
THESE “PEOPLE” ARE A JOKE! NOTHING MORE THAN FILTH!
The grifters who promoted him and made bank of the grift are responsible.
He was promoted as a brilliant young professor, got swept up in the hype, and destroyed by the grift.
Sad, RIP.
Absolutely no one wins in these situations.
The whole saga is unfortunate indeed. DEI is a rot to the brain. I bet they didn’t even verify his claims before hiring him.
Look at him, he is beyond reproach in their toxic world.
I bet they didn’t even verify his claims before hiring him. What are you, a racist or something? Verify the claims of a POS POC? How very dare you? /sarc off.
Suicide?
Maybe yes….maybe no.
In the bizarro world of psychotic leftism, anything is possible.
If Netflix make the movie he will be played by a white man
Nah…..white woman pretending to be a man. Who plays in the WNBA 🙂
He was a victim of DEI (or correctly DIE) Cambridge have blood on their hands because they enabled this person who was not mentally fit into a position that he could not possibly maintain. The media will blame the right (because of course they will) but this would never have happened if they had not been so desperate to tick that DEI box.
Agree 100 percent. This is shockingly sad but totally predictable. Cambridge does indeed have blood on their hands, but my bet is that they will not acknowledge their roll in this poor man’s demise and instead blame someone, anyone else. May he find peace in death
Zoiks, that “Read His Crazy Claims Here” link is insane. He claimed to have run 30 marathons in 35 days? The whole list is absurd…I thought I was reading satire.
This guy was topic segment on Gutfeld last night-first I heard of him
Sad ending for him that was brought on by his own actions, not the action of others.
Just another fruitcake ,who took the most grand exit, in his mind only.
The UK’s George Floyd….Just watch for it.
Reminded me more of Boy George from years ago.
This smells to high heaven. Perhaps he was coerced into drinking hemlock? The Brits will not get to the bottom of this.
I doubt it. Nothing like a self-inflicted head shot for authorities to promptly pronounce him dead at the scene.
I’ll be very surprised if it wasn’t a suicide. He saw his entire manufactured existence being exposed. The coward’s way out beckoned.
Lying is to a liberal as water is to a fish.
From DEI to DIE. Just like that.
The political far left running academia seemingly suspends governance when an imposter shows up as long as they’re not white. That’s their determinant.
I think many of the academics accused of plagiarism are actually innocent.
They pay someone to write the paper , and that person plagiarizes.
Isn’t paying someone else to write a paper for you plagiarism too?
So that makes those academics innocent??
Good grief!
Someone clearly did not want him to release the names of his backers. Someone as unstable as this individual just my might do something like that can’t have that.
Dead men tell no tales.
Watch the mainstream media do all they can to blame those who exposed the fraud as being responsible.
Of course.
How many narcissistic pathological liars actually kill themselves? Yet another reason why Jeffrey Epstein’s “suicide” was such a hard sell.
So many DEI recipients are used to accolades for mediocrity that they actually believe their own hype. Obama as “orator”, etc.
It must have been devastating for this guy to hear, possibly for the first time in his life, that he wasn’t so special after all.
The emperor has no clothes, and DEI has no merit.
DEI. Didn’t earn it.
This suicide is unfortunate.
If our religious beliefs are accurate, where in this world he had redemption chances, his immortal soul cannot plagiarize past full accountability.
Afraid his real troubles have taken on a whole new long term dimension.
Well at least he didn’t claim to be a prince like the one here in Oz that was the darling of all and sundry until it turned out he was a total fraud that was stealing to pay for his “princely” lifestyle.
Sad situation all the way around.
I posted a link to Alex Berenson’s take on this over on the presidential thread already:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/08/14/august-14th-2026-presidential-politics-trump-administration-day-572/comment-page-2/#comment-12752965
(He also wrote something on Tuesday of this week on this topic)
This is very sad, certainly in the end we have to be accountable to our own actions. However this fully demonstrates the leftist that willfully allow young folks like this young man to become tools for them to further nothing other than their own desires for control, leadership positions and in the end financial gravy train. The leftists have made their well known gigs the mechanism in which they generate wealth and they don’t care whose lives are ruined as long as they keep their gigs rolling in the $$$. Now this young man is dead and not a single person at Cambridge will rightfully be at least called out as culpable in this man’s demise.
The story continues over at Sky News.
https://news.sky.com/story/jason-arday-death-former-cambridge-university-professor-found-dead-after-resigning-following-plagiarism-row-13573113#12228091
No one bothered to discipline these deranged leftists growing up…probably because their parents were con artists also. Their fruit trees produced rotten fruit while still growing on the tree.