The folks at Aqoul used to remark from time to time how much Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s appeal was pitched to men of a certain age, class, and disposition: hence the heffelumping gallantry that characterised a lot of her support. Well, she hit the jackpot:
The internationally celebrated historian and TV presenter Niall Ferguson has broken up with his wife of 16 years after a string of adulterous affairs.
The 45-year-old Harvard professor has left former newspaper editor Susan Douglas, with whom he has three children, for his mistress, the Somalian-born feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
And did I say fundamentalist?
He also worked as an adviser to John McCain at the beginning of his election campaign before quitting to support his rival, Barack Obama. He is considered a leading expert on foreign affairs and once described himself as an ‘ardent Thatcherite’ but now calls himself a ‘liberal fundamentalist’.
Via. They met at Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World Part, apparently.
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