Andrew Neil employs Farage. It’s his channel that gives him a platform he would not otherwise have & which enabled him to launch his attacks on the RNLI. The utter hypocrisy of this.
https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1420759493164474375
So is that it? Neil will get a free pass for this? Just like he got a free pass for being chair of the Spectator while senior political interviewer for BBC? Just like he got free pass for denying AIDS & publishing Hitler’s diaries & hanging out with Orban’s cronies. Extraordinary
Farage is just Farage. A busted flush, too toxic even for talk radio, until rescued by GBNews. The responsibility for RNLI culture war is entirely on Andrew Neil.
https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1417457258762407938
The clannish nature of the lobby, long Fleet Street history & his formidable interviewing style have long protected Neil from criticism. And all silent so far. Going to be fascinating to watch how this plays out.
(The only journalists who reliably & repeatedly call out Andrew Neil are @mrjamesob & @OwenJones84. Just as only person with guts enough to take on @GuidoFawkes is @adamboultonSKY. Plus kamikaze missions by @OborneTweets @peterjukes & of course @shahmiruk)
As @mrjamesob points out, he didn’t publish Hitler’s diaries so v happy to retract that in full & apologise for that.
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