Peter Hitchens

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 Arguable, @paulashwin. I think Lady Bakewell, in these passages, is having an interesting argument with her younger self. But if you are going to put words in quotes,it's well to say who you are quoting. From Lady B,the words are far more telling thna thye would be from me. — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah On the Bakewell bit, my sense was that if you write in terms of ‘recognition’ then this implies an agr… https://t.co/5u1ROpqaHh

Posted Jan. 28, 2023

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Oh, .@paulashwin, I think you were quite clear. For instance, you wrote (very clearly) of 'the book’s view of a middle class which will do anything to ensure that their offspring maintain an educational advantage'. Alas for you, I do not hold, and did not express, any such view. — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah I agree that the middle classes fight for the good of their children and not to harm others. My point… https://t.co/hZ2dD4jiyP

Posted Jan. 28, 2023

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 @paulashwin. You did all the technical right things, such as giving the page ref and putting the Bakewell words in double quote marks. So you're off the hook academically. But the non-academic reader would in my view conclude that I had originated the words. — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah On the Bakewell bit, my sense was that if you write in terms of ‘recognition’ then this implies an agr… https://t.co/5u1ROpqaHh

Posted Jan. 28, 2023