▁acc users ▁nor ▁his ▁past ." ▁American ▁comment ators ▁attributed ▁the ▁series ▁of ▁events ▁to ▁an ▁assumption ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁academ ics ▁and ▁writers ▁that ▁a ▁gender ▁war ▁was ▁behind ▁it ▁all , ▁perce iving ▁a ▁" split ▁across ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁- ▁with ▁the ▁Americans , ▁the ▁ones ▁after ▁all ▁working ▁with ▁Wal c ott ▁over ▁the ▁dec ades , ▁taking ▁those ▁claims ▁much ▁more ▁seriously " ▁ ▁Some ▁comment ators ▁in ▁Britain ▁supported ▁P adel , ▁att rib uting ▁the ▁sm ear ▁campaign ▁in ▁the ▁media ▁to ▁mis og yn y ▁and ▁networking . ▁" The ▁old ▁boys ▁have ▁closed ▁in ▁on ▁her ", ▁the ▁poet ▁Jack ie ▁Kay ▁stated . ▁On ▁News night ▁Review ▁the ▁poet ▁Simon ▁Ar mit age ▁and ▁poetry ▁writer ▁Joseph ine ▁Hart ▁expressed ▁regret ▁about ▁P adel ' s ▁res ignation . ▁" R uth ' s ▁a ▁good ▁person ", ▁Ar mit age ▁said . ▁" She ▁di pped ▁a ▁toe ▁in ▁the ▁media ▁wh irl pool ▁and ▁it ▁drag ged ▁her ▁down . ▁I ▁don ' t ▁think ▁she ▁should ▁have ▁res igned , ▁she ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁good ." ▁The ▁election ▁was ▁for ▁a ▁post ▁beginning ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁of ▁Michael mas ▁Term ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁hence ▁P adel ▁did ▁not ▁take ▁up ▁office . ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁election ▁she ▁supported ▁Geoff rey ▁Hill . ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁E lection ▁ ▁On ▁ 7 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁university , ▁having