Peter Hitchens

@ClarkeMicah ↗

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 .@high_tories. Cautious maybe. But what was there to be unsure about? The measures were unprecedented, untried and unprepared, their alleged effect wholly unproven. By contrast the vast and lasting damage they would do was perfectly obvious, as was their totalitarian origin. — PolitiTweet.org

@fryertom @ClarkeMicah @DouglasKMurray I think tbf he was probably just cautious & not sure. I was in that position… https://t.co/7HsGq…

Posted Dec. 3, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@bleakrobot. How do you know what I do not consider or have not considered? I do not reject policies without considering them. I reject them *because* I have considered them and found them wanting, or actively wrong. You can see how I do this by reading my books. — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah @DouglasKMurray The beauty of your position is you never even consider the counter factual. It means y… https://t.co/KMDCUAgBc2

Posted Dec. 3, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 .@high_tories Loyal opposition never does any *harm* to a good policy. It merely forces that policy's supporters to make a better case and conduct it more competently. Opposition only endangers a bad policy. If you believe a policy's wrong, you shouldn't hesitate to say so. — PolitiTweet.org

@fryertom @ClarkeMicah @DouglasKMurray I think tbf he was probably just cautious & not sure. I was in that position… https://t.co/7HsGq…

Posted Dec. 3, 2022