Thread by @OwenJones84

Absolutely baffling to watch liberal journalists shocked at The Spectator doing a gushing interview with a French far right extremist.

They were silent when it published articles defending Greek neo Nazis, praising the Wehrmacht and arguing there wasn’t enough Tory Islamophobia

It’s almost as if they didn’t want to upset people in the same professional and social circles, didn’t want to threaten juicy writing commissions, and wanted invites to Spectator parties.

They hate me for saying this, because they know it’s all true, and it is gruesome stuff.

Even now criticisms of The Spectator from these commentators is muted and restrained - “might be a bit far, old chaps, maybe a bit of an error?” - for the reasons discussed in my previous tweet.

This is exactly what I'm talking about.

Here's a liberal commentator who likes to pontificate on the left's moral indecency, suggesting The Spectator soft soaping a fascist is somehow novel.

What do you know! He's been repeatedly commissioned by them!

https://twitter.com/Dorianlynskey/status/1465264339762532359

Here’s the thing.

If a left wing magazine like Tribune published one piece as offensive as the Spectator’s racist and even Nazi apologist content, these liberals would call for it to be shunned and denounce everyone even tenuously associated with it.

Not so with The Spectator!