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A former Conservative Party Chairman says the letter from a Conservative MP to all universities asking for details of the professors who teach Brexit is 'idiotic and offensive'.

Lord Patten, who is Chancellor of Oxford University, and a Remain supporter, told Radio 4's World at One that Chris Heaton-Harris, a leading Eurosceptic, who wrote the letter "must be an agent of Mr Corbyn intent on further increasing the numbers of young people who want to vote Labour."

He added it shows "complete ignorance of what universities are for and the importance of letting people who are sensible enough to make up their own minds, actually do so".

(Photo: Lord Patten, Chancellor of Oxford University Credit: Getty Images)