No, Oxford students haven't removed Theresa May's portrait

From the dreaming spires of Oxford this afternoon comes a potent combination of student censorship and fake news. A group of geographers had claimed victory on Twitter in a campaign to remove the portrait of Theresa May from the School of Geography and the Environment. May is an alumnus of that school, but the Not All Geographers campaign wanted to challenge this, and did so by sticking drawings and messages about the hostile environment around the picture until it was removed.

‘We are pleased to announce that the @theresa_may portrait has been removed from @oxfordgeography!’ the geographers announced. Unfortunately, this wasn’t for the reasons that they claimed: a spokesman for the university has been in touch to say that ‘the portrait was being increasingly obscured by posters bearing mainly humorous satirical messages. It has now been taken down and will be re-displayed so it can be seen as intended.