People still don't get that "Imperialism is wrong and it's all the Jews fault." the book with Corbyn writing the forward saying how great it is somehow isn't antisemitic? Strange.
People still don't get that "Imperialism is wrong and it's all the Jews fault." the book with Corbyn writing the forward saying how great it is somehow isn't antisemitic? Strange.
No doubt it's politically embarrassing, but it's a book from 1901 so yeah some of it is backwards and racist. He obviously wasn't endorsing the problematic parts of it. By that logic anyone who likes Lovecraft or Robert E. Howard is a racist.
1. Yes
2. No
3. Maybe? I have no idea what this one is.
He could have if he didn't have any anti semetic sentiments instead of praising the book go "This is a pile of anti semetic garbage and anyone who wants to read something that shows the ills of imperialism go read xyz.". Also there's a major difference between Lovecraft/Howard and the book in question. The formers are fiction the latter claims to be non fiction. You can be ok with the formers work (Personall I tend not to be) but keep a discrete distance from the author racist views.
But when a book is inherently "It's all the jews fault." and claims to be anti fiction, then yeah there's a really big problem there. You can't call it brilliant when the whole premise of it is anti semetic from start to finish.
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Honestly both are as bad as each other.
Last edited by Pann; 2019-09-28 at 06:20 PM.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...brexit-inquiry
Any consolation, more allegations of conflicts of interest and impropriety.
VONC next week, probably Wednesday while he’s talking in Manchester.
In fairness his comments didn't need the police looking into him but it does show him up to be a massive hypocrite after the fuss he made about Jo Brand.
I wouldn't get too excited about this there is no actual evidence in the Guardian article that Johnson has acted inappropriately (this time) and as Andrew Neil points out, WRT to Crispin Odey, "Unless you also know his long positions, this tells you nothing about whether or not he’d benefit from no deal. His funds’ performance in the political chaos that has followed the referendum these past 3 years is pretty poor."
https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1177958855143112705
Why? If you take time to read Neil's twitter or watch his programs he is fairly even handed nor is he defending Odey, he is simply stating that there is no evidence to support the claim. Odey may be unpleasant but that doesn't mean that he is involved in illegal schemes nor does mean that Johnson's pursuit of Brexit is to make his pal's money or to save them making a loss.
I know it is unpopular nowadays, and even less so since Brexit began, but we should be judge stories on evidence not hearsay.
No one was named, you’re talking speculation on speculation; but his sister, and Philip Hammond know what’s up. More skeletons will come forth from his closet. There seem to be a lot of people want their pound of flesh.
A guy doesn’t try to get someone beaten up on their porch without making enemies, and he seems to have outlasted his usefulness to them.
An investigation is just the start - and there may be two of them. There’s plenty of reason to expect, beyond that, that he won’t be PM by the end of the week.
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Those people don’t make those claims without something to back it up.
And they don’t spill it all to the media either because they don’t want to jeopardise an investigation.
We’re talking about his own sister and the former chancellor, and you’re suggesting they’re not reliable?
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And? Isn't that a reasonable position to take? You know, wait to see if there is actual evidence to support a claim? But, yeah, I forgot it's Brexit - kangaroo courts all the way!
Neil does not align himself with them. He will take people to task regardless of which side of the debate they occupy or their political leanings nor will he condemn anyone without evidence. In my opinion we need more journalists like him.
Lots of people didn't vote for May's deal - do we only complain about them based on how Brexity their positions are?
Last edited by Pann; 2019-09-28 at 10:34 PM.
Complete nonsense! Of course it's a police matter if Johnson is truly pursuing a Brexit which will make his friends rich.
He is, but that has no bearing on his ability as a journalist.
Look if this going to go the usual way with you - where you spend the next so many hours telling lie after lie - I'll leave the discussion here.
He’s the chairman of the Spectator which is very Tory biased, and he does write articles and perform interviews for it.
He is biased. Whatever hat he puts on for the BBC, that’s not his normal hat and his Twitter hat is very much his own views. Being good at interviewing people for TV doesn’t have a thing to do with any of that.
Furthermore, the allegations aren’t just from Hammond, they’re also backed up by other MPs and his sister, they all know the score. He has been reported for investigation accordingly.
It’s not like it hasn’t been an obvious, basically open secret with these allegations in the wind since the whole referendum was confirmed.
Yet here you are with your fingers in your ears, saying it ain’t so because Andrew Neil says ‘wait and see’. While the opposition and his former allies are looking at ways to kick him out over this before the end of the week.
Do you want him to actually get on his FB live and tell the world to camera he’s in it for this before you believe it?