I'm not having Fraser Nelson playing dumb on the rise of racism on the right after years spent printing Murray, Liddle, Taki and Shriver.
I literally had a DM row with him years ago where I said this would happen.
I literally had a DM row with him years ago where I said this would happen.
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He’s still playing at Sixth Year debating club, with no regard to where he might end up.
A Scottish Rees-Mogg.
Unless one has an unavoidable professional obligation to then you’re tarnished.
Our nation could do with many more like you and far fewer far right handmaidens like Nelson and his ilk.
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But he may also think that berating others who wrote for him or leading on a mea culpas isn’t going to help him convince his own side. Or even think his actions to here were acceptable. In any case, it’s still a good intervention.
"Brexit was a mistake"
Or
"I was wrong to be sceptical of gay marriage"
And giving a free pass to powerful opinion formers and shapers who turn to try and cover their backs
Norman Tebbit's 'Cricket Test' begs to differ.
Fraser was one of
What I was getting at though was that you made a good point, then ruined it.
I always felt the argument that he prints any old rubbish with no regard to the overall effect to be a weak one.
This is positive.
But also made harder by those on the right who both simultaneously conflate everything with woke and protect those
That said there are people on the left who still do the latter. Just looking at some recent articles and comments on here claiming Starmer is the same as an authoritarian. Completely unserious and unhelpful stuff
"Snot-spined"
Slightly disappointed there’s no cocks or donkeys involved in this expression. It would have been appropriate
The double speak and gaslighting of the 2001-2005 period set the scene and created the precedent.
They were not unaware, they didn't care
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It's wonderful to watch him squirm but tragic seeing the fascists he's given succour to.
The media is run by and for the ruling class, so although people may be exposed at some point to all viewpoints, the overwhelming weight of political ideology that they will be exposed to is right wing.
It's who is.
maybe they had a point after all 🤔
(Bad faith extrapolation from “we must follow the processes of international law” doesn’t count btw)
With Salisbury he said that a sample of the poison should be shared with Russia. Politically very stupid but in line with international treaty obligations.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Literally in February 2022, days before the invasion. He, Diane, few others.
Like seriously, if you're willing to go blind on that, you'd be comfortable with any fascism.
I have no issue with saying that was completely wrongheaded and naive in the face of Putin’s aggression.
It doesn’t make him pro-Putin, just pro-peace. That’s the difference for me.
They also weren't fascist, just poor misguided humans who cared for their Jewish inmates in the only way they could.
I was at a Ukraine fundraising event the other side of the Square. Ukrainians were shaking their heads.
I've heard it with my own ears.
I would argue that Corbyn (and others like Diane Abbott) tend to try to apply a certain amount of nuance by recognising underlying facts that others ignore…but often don’t have the dexterity to weight that nuance appropriately /1
Politically a terrible move, but aligned to following international agreements, not to defending Putin