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Daily Mail: issue a full apology to Dr Peiris and Dr Aderin-Pocock

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Jean Baxter
12 years ago

The 'apology' of 21 March simply adds insult to injury and can only be considered as either vexatious or idiotic.

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Chris Hardy
12 years ago

Just appalling. Very happy to lend my signature to this petition.

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Mark G
12 years ago

Racist, sexist idiocy.

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billy kelly
12 years ago

Outrageous!!!!

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Anonymous
12 years ago

Two of the world's leading academics and the Daily Mail can't seem to see past their ethnicity, nationality and gender. Absolutely ridiculous in today

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Heidi Lempp
12 years ago

The Daily Mail has to apologise expressing such sexist and racist views is unacceptable.

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Robert Liston
12 years ago

The Mail is a racist and sexist rag and a disgrace to journalism (if that's possible)

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david miller
12 years ago

Hyrania Peiris is the "real deal" when you are looking for good cosmologists Maggie Adarin Pocock is a vital member of one of the UK's best space-science groups

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mark harman
12 years ago

An apology is essential. This article is just plain wrong on the facts and any self-respecting journalist would feel compelled to issue a correction, and, in this case, an apology.

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Corinne Howarth
12 years ago

Be more careful

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Susan Keston
12 years ago

Blatant prejudice ought to be challenged

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Terry Johnstone
12 years ago

The Daily Fail: Pure wood pulp

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Jenny McGrother
12 years ago

This incident reminds us how assiduously society polices gender stereotypes. For ideas on how to challenge this in early education check out the excellent www.teachers.org.uk/files/stereotypes-stop.pdf‎

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Elizabeth Fisher
12 years ago

These are lazy, shameful, cheap jibes that give British journalism such a bad name.

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pippa graber
12 years ago

misogyny and racism can not be justified in any circumstances.

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Ruben Saakyan
12 years ago

Even by Daily Mail standards this is way too disgusting.

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Rosalind Duhs
12 years ago Featured

I know Hiranya Peiris as an exceptional scientist and an engaged teacher. She is also a brilliant communicator. Who better to invite to 'Newsnight'? UCL is one of the best universities in the world. I wonder how many people would be left if we only had white males on campus?

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babak bassirian
12 years ago

pathetically typical of the daily mail and their readership

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marc rizaulait
12 years ago

For shame, Daily Mail! For shame!

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Bob O'Hara
12 years ago

Yes, I fully accept that the Daily Mail could just have been trolling us all.