The WaPoo, the NYTwat, the WarriorSocialJustice, and the FuckingTedious are all soft left. So is the Economicalwiththe truth. Or soft in the head, anyway.
Bloke in Costa Rica
You’d be quicker naming publications that aren’t some variety of Left. In the UK as far as periodicals go, there’s the Spectator and that’s about it. The Times is still slightly righty but the Telegraph has been hollowed out by SJWs and work-experience twats who are now living in its carcase. The Mail is a Poujadist mish-mash.
Rob
Interesting – does he claim that in order to understand a political position you have to share it?
Charlie Suet
The FT famously supported Kinnock at the 1992 election. Also, while I can’t find a link on their own website to it, there is this:
That was written under the editorship of Lionel Barber, who still edits the FT and accepted the Legion D’Honneur for his “contribution to high-quality journalism, and the Financial Times’ positive role in the European debate”.
Fuck the FT.
Van_Patten
In his eyes the FT is ‘a beacon of neo-liberalism’. Says it all really.
And lest we forget of course, he once famously said:
‘I consider myself a libertarian’
which perhaps gives some indication that his conception of the political spectrum is unique…..
Matthew L
Van_Patten: Some say the political spectrum is horseshoe shaped. To Ritchie, it’s more of a Rorschach blot.
Flatcap Army
Particularly under Scardino-era Pearson, the FT was the soft, pro-Euro, pro-EU newspaper; any pretence that it’s some bastion of red-in-tooth-and-claw capitalism is a sham. The City Bastards’s paper of choice (in as much as there is one these days) has long since become the WSJ Europe
Richard
Flatcap Army said:
“The City Bastards’s paper of choice has long since become the WSJ Europe”
City AM?
BraveFart
You just need to read one Martin Wolf piece and it’s pretty clear that pink is the appropriate colour for the FT.
Bernie G.
I take issue with the inclusion of ‘soft’.
KJ
They did appear to be pro-EU but I still can’t work whether that’s a left or right wing position?
KJ
*work out*
Philip Scott Thomas
Where is Allister Heath at these days? He’s one of the good guys. Is he still with City AM?
abacab
The problem is, that the Left can’t decide amongst themselves what is or isn’t left-wing at any given moment.
And there’s no guarantee that any given lefty’s definition today will be the same definition tomorrow.
Like how “actually-existing Socialism” can suddenly become “extreme right wing” when convenient.
i reckon, once they’ve decided amongst themselves what left wingism is, they should come talk to us. Until then, there’s no point entering into such a moving-target environment.
Remember that this week we’ve got banning trades union, sending gays to concentration camps, imprisoning HIV+ folks for life and shooting people in the head as paragons of progressive left-wingery. I can’t keep up…
Richard
Matthew L said:
“Some say the political spectrum is horseshoe shaped. To Ritchie, it’s more of a Rorschach blot.”
Isn’t it more Murphy in the centre and everyone else on the right?
PF
PST
“Where is Allister Heath at these days? He’s one of the good guys. Is he still with City AM?”
He writes at the DT, but now he’s always “Premium” unfortunately, he invariably talks good sense.
The DT is going to lose it completely the way it’s going.
The WaPoo, the NYTwat, the WarriorSocialJustice, and the FuckingTedious are all soft left. So is the Economicalwiththe truth. Or soft in the head, anyway.
You’d be quicker naming publications that aren’t some variety of Left. In the UK as far as periodicals go, there’s the Spectator and that’s about it. The Times is still slightly righty but the Telegraph has been hollowed out by SJWs and work-experience twats who are now living in its carcase. The Mail is a Poujadist mish-mash.
Interesting – does he claim that in order to understand a political position you have to share it?
The FT famously supported Kinnock at the 1992 election. Also, while I can’t find a link on their own website to it, there is this:
http://www.euro2day.gr/ftcom_en/article-ft-en/328704/a-happy-10th-anniversary-emu.html
That was written under the editorship of Lionel Barber, who still edits the FT and accepted the Legion D’Honneur for his “contribution to high-quality journalism, and the Financial Times’ positive role in the European debate”.
Fuck the FT.
In his eyes the FT is ‘a beacon of neo-liberalism’. Says it all really.
And lest we forget of course, he once famously said:
‘I consider myself a libertarian’
which perhaps gives some indication that his conception of the political spectrum is unique…..
Van_Patten: Some say the political spectrum is horseshoe shaped. To Ritchie, it’s more of a Rorschach blot.
Particularly under Scardino-era Pearson, the FT was the soft, pro-Euro, pro-EU newspaper; any pretence that it’s some bastion of red-in-tooth-and-claw capitalism is a sham. The City Bastards’s paper of choice (in as much as there is one these days) has long since become the WSJ Europe
Flatcap Army said:
“The City Bastards’s paper of choice has long since become the WSJ Europe”
City AM?
You just need to read one Martin Wolf piece and it’s pretty clear that pink is the appropriate colour for the FT.
I take issue with the inclusion of ‘soft’.
They did appear to be pro-EU but I still can’t work whether that’s a left or right wing position?
*work out*
Where is Allister Heath at these days? He’s one of the good guys. Is he still with City AM?
The problem is, that the Left can’t decide amongst themselves what is or isn’t left-wing at any given moment.
And there’s no guarantee that any given lefty’s definition today will be the same definition tomorrow.
Like how “actually-existing Socialism” can suddenly become “extreme right wing” when convenient.
i reckon, once they’ve decided amongst themselves what left wingism is, they should come talk to us. Until then, there’s no point entering into such a moving-target environment.
Remember that this week we’ve got banning trades union, sending gays to concentration camps, imprisoning HIV+ folks for life and shooting people in the head as paragons of progressive left-wingery. I can’t keep up…
Matthew L said:
“Some say the political spectrum is horseshoe shaped. To Ritchie, it’s more of a Rorschach blot.”
Isn’t it more Murphy in the centre and everyone else on the right?
PST
“Where is Allister Heath at these days? He’s one of the good guys. Is he still with City AM?”
He writes at the DT, but now he’s always “Premium” unfortunately, he invariably talks good sense.
The DT is going to lose it completely the way it’s going.