Lawyersβ statement on Millerβs anti-Zionism win shows Bristol appeal smashed
Academic David Miller’s explosive win this morning against Bristol University’s attempt to overturn an employment tribunal finding has shown how comprehensively the university’s appeal was defeated. The university sacked anti-Zionist professor Miller after an Israel lobby pressure campaign. To do so, it ignored two separate investigations by its own lawyers that concluded Miller had said nothing antisemitic in his critiques of Zionism and Israel lobby pressure. Comprehensive failure But to justify its appeal, the university put together a Byzantine document. It containedΒ nine ‘grounds of appeal’, most of which were subdivided into smaller grounds – and some of those divided again. Yet…

