Rod Liddle has slammed Durham University for its 'despicable' treatment of a leading academic after he invited the journalist to a talk.
The columnist said the institution should issue a 'grovelling apology' to Professor Tim Luckhurst and 'reinstate him immediately to all his duties'.
He also called for bosses to say sorry to him for 'vilifying' his speech to 'appease jabbering infants' and said they should reimburse his £150 travel expenses.
It comes as a small group of Left-wing students staged a protest at South College calling for what they deem a 'safer, more inclusive' campus.
The baying activists gathered on a green with placards reading 'mansplain, manipulate, manwife' and 'we're queer, we're here'.
Professor Luckhurst had angered them by shouting 'pathetic' when students staged a walk-out during Mr Liddle's talk on Friday - although he later apologised.
He has now been placed under investigation by the university and is barred from duties following the furore. It is understood he is gagged while the case is live.
A small group of Left-wing students staged a protest at South College calling for what they deem a 'safer, more inclusive' campus
The activists gathered on a green with placards reading 'mansplain, manipulate, manwife' and 'we're queer, we're here'
A small number of student activists marched on South College today in their latest attempt to get the professor sacked
Mr Liddle leapt to his friend's aid this morning, blasting Durham for 'scapegoating' the academic, who is the head of the newly-established South College.
He said he expected that sort of behaviour from the students but was surprised by the universty's response.
He told GB News: 'Let's start with what Durham University should do. They've behaved despicably, far worse than the students have behaved.
'I expected that from the students, I expected that from some of them. What you don't expect is the kind of double think which Durham University has indulged in.
'Firstly by saying that they agree with freedom of speech, then by saying except if it's something we don't agree with, which the Labour Party on campus doesn't agree with, then they don't agree with it.
'Then most importantly of all you might argue, scapegoating poor Tim Luckhurst to who asked me to come along in good faith having cleared it with the university authorities having told them what was happening in advance.
'They have now decided because they've got to appease these jabbering infants they've decided they've got to do something and so a hugely distinguished, reputable and incredibly competent journalist and professor is left hanging out to dry.
'And so what they should do now, immediately, is number one, decide whether they believe in free speech or not.
'Number two, write a grovelling apology to Professor Luckhurst, reinstating him immediately to all his duties, and call off this fatuous investigation...
'And accept that he invited me here in good faith.
'And thirdly, what they should do after that is write me a letter of apology and explain to me they were wrong to have vilified me in their comments about this whole affair and they might be better off in future rather than teaching extra courses to their students in how to become prostitutes, a course in good manners might not come amiss.
'And they can also forward me 150 quid for my travel expenses because I came there free of charge with a wish to do the right thing to give something to public service, all that palaver.'
He added: 'So they can apologise and reimburse my travel expenses and after that, I'll be happy.'
Mr Liddle leapt to his friend's aid this morning, blasting Durham for 'scapegoating' the academic, who is the head of the newly-established South College
The youngsters carried flags and banners with messages such as 'sod Rod', 'proud to be pathetic' and 'no hate'
The 'woke' mob had ramped up its campaign to oust Professor Luckhurst last night as seven societies accused him of 'gross misconduct'
A speaker talks to Durham University students as they stage a protest at South College this afternoon
They claimed he promoted 'a culture of harm and hate' by inviting Mr Liddle to give his speech
A small number of student activists marched on South College today in their latest attempt to get the professor sacked.
The youngsters carried flags and banners with messages such as 'sod Rod', 'proud to be pathetic' and 'no hate'.
The 'woke' mob had ramped up its campaign to oust Professor Luckhurst last night as seven societies accused him of 'gross misconduct'.
They claimed he promoted 'a culture of harm and hate' by inviting Mr Liddle to give his speech.
The groups claimed the incident, at a formal dinner on Friday, made them feel 'unsafe' and 'distressed'.
They claimed it breached the Equality Act and demanded 'disciplinary regulations' be brought to bear on the professor - who has been gagged from commenting.
The groups claimed the incident, at a formal dinner on Friday, made them feel 'unsafe' and 'distressed'
They claimed it breached the Equality Act and demanded 'disciplinary regulations' be brought to bear on the professor - who has been gagged from commenting
Durham University students stand with their banners as they stage a protest at South College this afternoon
Yesterday footage emerged of Professor Luckhurst and his wife Dorothy talking to students who stormed out of the speech after the event.
They were speaking to them calmly and appeared to be helping them understand universities are supposed to be bastions of free speech.
The youths stood with their mouths wide open as Professor Luckhurst spoke before his wife interrupted her husband.
She asked: 'What are you frightened of you silly... what are you frightened of?' One of the students squealed back: 'What do you mean?'
The rest of their exchange was inaudible but Mrs Luckhurst went on to repeat the word 'a***' before another asked: 'Don't we all have one?'
She tweeted later that night: 'Bunch of inadequates thought it was clever to walk out on a speech tonight because they were afraid of what the speaker said…'
She added: 'Incidentally they thought it was ok to ask my husband to apologise for my comments…
'I know it's an old notion but I can speak for myself. Maybe the woke generation haven't heard of women's equality.'
Footage emerged of the professor and his wife Dorothy talking to 'woke' students who stormed out of the speech on Friday night
Professor Luckhurst tried to calm the students who gawped at him as he educated them on free speech at universities
A friend of the professor said: 'Tim is one of the most decent, kindly and intelligent people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. He's really being victimised here.'
The Free Speech Union said: 'The vilification and abuse of Professor Luckhurst for inviting Rod Liddle to give an after-dinner speech is an absolute disgrace.
'If students cannot cope with hearing opinions they find disagreeable they shouldn't be at university.
'Durham says it believes in upholding academic free speech, but if so why has it placed Professor Luckhurst under investigation for describing the decision of students to walk out of the speech as 'pathetic'?
'In expressing that perfectly lawful view, Professor Luckhurst was exercising his right to free speech and penalising him for doing so could well be a breach of the law that requires universities to uphold free speech on campus.
'Professor Luckhurst is a member of the Free Speech Union and we are supporting him in full.'
The five officers penned a rambling statement in a bid to oust South College principal Professor Tim Luckhurst (pictured)
Seun Twins, Jack Ballingham, Jonah Graham, Declan Merrington and Charlie Procter claimed hosting one of the UK's best known writers (pictured) was an 'abuse of power'
The societies signing the statement were those representing 'mature students'; 'working class students'; 'LGBT+'; 'students with
