Tony Gosling is a loopy conspiracy theorist. That's why you'll find him, to cite but one example, dismissing the official accounts of the 7/7 and Manchester bombings and the Salisbury poisonings with his fellow Richie Allen.
So, a fine conversation partner for David Miller. 1/10
So, a fine conversation partner for David Miller. 1/10
Miller is on typical form with Gosling in this friendly chat. He flatly accuses our government of "telling lies" about the Salisbury poisonings, weeks after the UK and its allies had expelled scores of Russian officials in retaliation for the crime. 2/10
Then Miller turns to "raising questions" about the tyrant Assad's chemical attacks on his own people, one of his favourite topics.
Miller's record here is vile and goes back years now. Has he recanted? Of course not. Try doubling down. 3/10
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Miller's record here is vile and goes back years now. Has he recanted? Of course not. Try doubling down. 3/10
thejc.com/comment/analys…
Next, Gosling runs a clip by another conspiracy theorist, Chris Busby. The Salisbury poisonings were a "false flag" attack, probably carried out with poisons made in the UK or the USA, he says.
Gosling calls this "pretty good analysis" and "pretty accurate". And Miller? 4/10
Gosling calls this "pretty good analysis" and "pretty accurate". And Miller? 4/10
He responds to Busby by rambling about "propaganda", resorting to "we don't know" and saying a statement of Yulia Skripal released by the police is "quite worrying" because it "doesn't read very much like a Russian person's statement, even one with very good English". 5/10
Further ahead, Gosling turns to a clip from "Syrian Girl", another conspiracy theorist and a foul propagandist for Assad. In the clip, she calls chemical warfare atrocities in Syria "false flag attacks" by rebels, not the regime.
Guess who else is a fan of "Syrian Girl". 6/10
Guess who else is a fan of "Syrian Girl". 6/10
This time Miller does manage a "we should be cautious". Only to go straight on to claiming a rebel group had used chemical weapons. Moreover, "as she says there, they are supported by the Americans".
Then: "While we can't verify what's in that account, we do know several... 7/10
Then: "While we can't verify what's in that account, we do know several... 7/10
...things about what's happening there which would lead us to doubt some aspects of the official story".
Note that "Syrian Girl" was already fully discredited at this point. Even George Monbiot, no stranger to the far left, had taken her to task. 8/10
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Note that "Syrian Girl" was already fully discredited at this point. Even George Monbiot, no stranger to the far left, had taken her to task. 8/10
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Back to Mother Russia at the end of Miller's chat with Gosling.
"The way in which even some elements of the left have encouraged Russophobia, the notion of Russian bots, or Russian involvement in Skripal, or Russiagate in the US, all of this is encouraging a kind of anti... 9/10
"The way in which even some elements of the left have encouraged Russophobia, the notion of Russian bots, or Russian involvement in Skripal, or Russiagate in the US, all of this is encouraging a kind of anti... 9/10
...Russian hysteria that takes you back to the Cold War."
"We are in a period which is incredible anti-Russian hysteria, based on literally nothing."
Much of what Miller says is ugly and sinister. It is often ludicrous too. What on earth does Bristol see in him? 10/10
"We are in a period which is incredible anti-Russian hysteria, based on literally nothing."
Much of what Miller says is ugly and sinister. It is often ludicrous too. What on earth does Bristol see in him? 10/10
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