Compass’s Dossier Of Nonsense On Boris Johnson
DIZZY looks at people in glass houses:
Just want to point out the sterling work that the Spectator Coffee House blog is doing in relation to picking apart the so-called dossier of nonsense that Compass have produced on Boris Johnson. The Evening Standard Diary also commented on this last night. Compass’ report esentially argues the to be right wing is to be in league with the devil whilst to be left wing puts you on the side of angels (*cough* Stalin, Lenin, Pol Pot, Mao)
In the ES Diary column they pointed out how Compass had selectively quoted Boris Johnson’s articles and even have a section on how Boris insulted the Dutch. They quote one line and then leave the succeeding three lines out where he says Britain is rubbish and the Dutch are great. It’s pretty clear from the straw clutching that Johnson scares them electorally, although of course they’d never admit it. This said, it’s amusing that whilst they go after Boris, they completely ignore Livingstone’s less than colourful past. For Boris, unlike Ken, has not got cosy, for example with, Sinn Fein-IRA, as Matthew d’Ancona points out.
Livingstone, the man who says he loves London, had no problem being friendly with Sinn Fein-IRA in the height of their bombing campaign on Londoners. Nor does he mind spending Londoner’s Council Tax revenue on setting up offices in a dictatorships in South America. And let’s not forget how he stood on a platform with a Islamist who thinks homosexual should be strung up and called him a moderate.
People in glass hosues and all that jazz.
Posted: 22nd, August 2007 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
