No PhD according to LSE

The London School of Economics has confirmed that Mary-Anne Thompson did not gain a PhD from them, as publicly advised in the past, and allegedly claimed to gain employment in 1990 and 1998.

There was a rumour yesterday there was no record of the MA from Victoria either, but VUW have confirmed that degree was conferred.

Mary-Anne was in DPMC and eventually headed its Policy Advisory Group. This would beyond doubt require a top secret security clearance. There may be questions for the SIS about whether such clearances do or should involved checking claims of qualifications etc.