The New European justifies its reputation as a great organ by running this story by Jonathon Read:
‘Snowflake’ minister Raab blocks anti-Brexit groups on Twitter after this photograph emerges
Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has blocked two anti-Brexit groups on Twitter after a photograph emerged of him with a campaigner wearing a sign saying “he has no idea what he’s doing.”
Raab has previously styled himself as a free speech champion, hitting out at the culture of offence in the United Kingdom, and claiming in an interview that “we’re seeing a salami slicing of free speech.”
The photograph was taken by a young campaigner from the anti-Brexit group Our Future, Our Choice and has been widely shared on social media.
The group’s co-founder, Richard Brooks, has hit out at the Brexit secretary for blocking the young anti-Brexit movement on Twitter and acting like a “snowflake.”
“Young people and students across the country are legitimately concerned about their future’s because of the disaster that is Brexit,” Brooks explained. “We were always told that young people should try and engage more in politics and debate, but obviously the Brexit secretary doesn’t want that to happen.”
There is nothing inconsistent between wishing to champion free speech and blocking people on Twitter. A belief in free speech does not oblige you to listen to everyone in the world, particularly not to those who have played nasty little playground tricks in an effort to humiliate. To claim that if you believe in free speech you must never block anyone on social media would be like claiming that if you believe in free speech you must never turn off the radio or the TV when a speaker you dislike comes on, or must keep it permanently tuned to a channel sponsored by your political enemies. Even the idols of Our Future, Our Choice in the European Commission have not demanded the compulsory installation of 1984-style Telescreens, though given the way the thoughts of the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers, and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, are tending perhaps I should not be giving them ideas.
Dominic Raab is in no need of me to defend him. Given that he is a successful politican who has achieved ministerial office he probably has a thick skin and given that he is a successful politician who has achieved ministerial office he probably only defends free speech after running it past the Chief Whip. However Richard Brooks’ pretence at the pretence of girlish innocence in the line “We were always told that young people should try and engage more in politics and debate, but obviously the Brexit secretary doesn’t want that to happen” is still revolting. European Youth is back to its usual more openly bullying form with the tweet from another “activist” approvingly quoted by Read: “You might not like listening to @OFOCBrexit or our friends @FFSake_ but it’s pretty clear you can’t keep hiding from us…”
I am not surprised that a ‘New European’ affects to see no difference between not listening to someone yourself and silencing them by force of law – thus preventing anyone from listening to them.
I’ve never heard of these activists ( that is, troublemakers) and they don’t interest me but I wonder if any of them have ever blocked someone from their social media accounts.
And is it only acceptable if they do it to others but not acceptable to have it done to them? I suspect I know what the answer would be because these troublemakers have only one answer and that’s to hate; to always be looking for something and someone to hate and to destroy.That’s it, that’s all they’ve got.
The ‘New European’ propaganda sheet is of course closely linked with Mr Dodgy Dossier himself – Alastair Campbell, the living definition of the word ‘henchman.’ If any reasonable person still had doubts about the wisdom of Leaving, the fact that this deeply unpleasant stain on British public life has, as ‘editor-at-large’, taken up the reins of the ‘New
EuropeanPravda’ rag should dispel them.Ted Heath called an Election on who was running the Government, Parliament or the Mining Unions and the population told him in clear terms and it ended up being a disaster for the miners.
Alas, that is not quite how it was, unless you take a very summarised view. In slightly more detail:
Ted Heath asked who was running government and the reply was “not you”. The minority Labour government that succeeded him imposed the closed shop law, and the eurocratic ‘court of human wrongs’ endorsed it, on the grounds that the right of all Europeans to join a trade union did not equal the right of any European not to join a trade union. (Some people hastily created “Staff Associations” at their place of work as the only legal way to delay being made to join the trade unions’ conscript army.) After a few years of this, with a much better Tory (Margaret Thatcher) as leader of the opposition, the public reconsidered the question at the next election.
(Regional’s summary reminds me of the song “The Haughs of Cromdale”. In history, a crushing defeat of the Scots by the English at that location was succeeded 40 years later by a battle with a less embarrassing result, but in the song the first battle comes across like a poor first half from which the Scots rally and triumph.)
“The New European” – a typical example of the alliance between much of “Big Business” (the government subsidy grubbing sort) and the far left. Of course the far left would like to murder their Big Business Sugar Daddy sponsors – but they are happy to take their money in the meantime (shades of that evil fool the Duke of Orleans – “Citizen Equality”).
As for blocking people on Twitter – President Trump is not allowed to do so (a Deep State judge forbad it). Supposedly Twitter is a Neutral Public Forum – the modern version of the Town Square. Accept, of course, Twitter itself (and the other big social media companies – which also make the legal claim to be “Neutral Public Forums”) can discriminate against conservatives as much as they like – it appears they are “Neutral Public Forums” for the left (such as the anti British traitors of “The New European” determined to prevent the independence of this country), but they are not “Neutral Public Forums” for the opponents of the left.
Of course the inner most truth is quite horrible – far from being on opposite sides, Dominic Raab (once a supporter of British independence) is now a supporter of Mrs May – who (contrary to the impression given by its savage attacks upon her) is no more in favour of British independence than “The New European” is.
Ask Dominic Raab whether he still supports the independence of this country – and he will waffle on about “Brexit” (a meaningless word). Of course Mr Raab can show he is a man of honour at any time – he can resign and denounce the REMAINER Mrs Theresa May.
It is an interesting thing to consider – Mrs May and “The New European” (which denounces Mrs May in every issue) are ON THE SAME SIDE – the British people are being played for fools, as supposed enemies (supposedly vicious enemies) are actually in alliance against us.