October 11th, 2012

Brendan O’Neill laments the state of politics:

“The transformation of feminism from an assertive, offence-giving form of politics into a passive, offence-taking form of therapy reflects a change that has taken place across the political sphere. Feeling offended is the lingua franca of modern politics. Politics used to be about saying, “I believe in something and I am going to make it happen”. Now it is about saying, “I am offended by something and I am going to make it disappear”.”


7 Comments

  1. 1
    Mike Hunt says:

    Doesn’t just apply to feminism sadly.

  2. 2
    Scourge of the plebs says:

    Then heaven help our cousins down-under if Gillard ever goes “old school”.

  3. 3
    Strictly fuck off says:

    I personally would like to grab the BBC by throat and trash the place with a baseball bat. Perv apologists.

  4. 4
    Lets all take a strop togethet says:

    In the effeminate culture we now inhabit, the greatest crime you can commit is to “offend” someone or make them “uncomfortable”.

  5. 5
    Brown out and pay me damages says:

    Time for certain idiot to take responsibility for damage he has done!

  6. 6
    Julia Gillard says:

    Guido Fawkes is a very offensive little man.


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Tom Harris bemoans the public’s attitude to politicians…

“Mr Oborne echoes the lazy, anti-politics whine we hear so often these days, all based on the absurd notion that politicians were once loved and only fell out of public favour during the expenses scandal. He should take a walk to the Strangers’ Bar. But not to sup with the patrons he seems to despise so much, dearie me, no; he should instead look at the paintings on the corridor outside the bar, which depict the devastating fire which consumed most of the Palace in 1834. And he should reflect on the fact that on that dramatic night, as the Commons went up in flames, a crowd gathered on the South Bank to clap and cheer.”



Focus group time. says:

The thing that Dave needs to work out is which group is more likely to vote Conservative. Mad swivel-eyed loons or mad homosexuals wishing to get married.


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