Peter Hitchens

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

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

You might say, @paulashwin. I personally think you should revisit the Bakewell bit. And your view of why the middle classes fight to get their children into good schools is deeply mistaken. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Happy Valley’s depiction of modern Britain makes me look optimistc, and is full of psychobabble and sociology. Why do people like this daft, politically correct stuff? https://t.co/eSfiRdVbv4 via @mailplus — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@isaacclay170493 Of course. But don't think reviewers shuld get away with sloppy assumptions, straw men or, how shall I put this, a too-sketchy and rapid study of the book. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@paulashwin. Gibberish. Expansion was followed (predictably) by grade inflation, just asa the destruction of grammar schools was followed by exam inflation. What other explanation do you offer for the colossal numbers of first-class degrees and 2(i)s now awarded? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@tbayleaf. This isn't axiomatic. I have had several encounters with opponents on this subject where a reasoned and civil mexchange was possible. And remember my exchanges with @iromg early in the Covid panic, during which he courageously and publicly changed his mind. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@thinknottle As you say, a much-titled member of the existing establishment. But would you believe in God just because an ordained priest told you to? And would you believe more fervently, if it was a bishop? Personally I prefer to stick with facts and reason. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@paulashwin: *Another* hostile review of my book on Grammar Schools, examined and answered: https://t.co/PNPZ2urcJk — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@conwayhall. Then may I suggest that you get in touch with me at The Mail on Sunday next week, and reveal to me as much as you can without the breach of confidence you fear. It seems plain that @No2NatoNo2War have no objection to the material being released. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

*Another* hostile review of my book on Grammar Schools, examined and answered :https://t.co/PNPZ2urcJk The original review is here https://t.co/SyKO9vdAkQ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

I am not a Tory, .@philnotbilly, you absurd dingbat.But even if I were, Sinn Fein’s leadership process makes the Tories look democratic and open. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

So what? I am all in favour of debate, but public meetings are not obliged to be balanced, and free speech is an absolute good. No use if you only permit it to people you agree with. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Ah . Thank you — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

I very much hope it is illuminating, fair and civil — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

I generally accede to polite requests from people I respect. if they are worried, it is not for me to question that. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@conwayhall. As you wish . I will delete it. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@stevebarry2 Thank you — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @AJoyfulDistance: @balligerent18 @ClarkeMicah @MailOnline If Suzanne Dow & Fiona Pilkington had not died by suicide, they would be among… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

It’s not a game show or a prize fight , It’s a debate . You should watch it with an open mind, and seek to?learn. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Yes @kynohy .It seems to have been close to the truth. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@juliahb1 and I are now working on arrangements for a debate on UKraine, which we hope to hold in the second half of February. Both of us have many commitments, or we would do it sooner. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'An onslaught of intimidating e-mails' ' One of London's oldest platforms for free speech explains why it will not host a meeting opposing the Ukraine War. I know and love .@ConwayHall and have spoken there twice in debates. This is inexpressibly sad. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

After Kristallnacht, @polymath88, nobody had any remaining excuse. Hitler’s nature was clear beyond doubt. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Feeble beyond belief. @philnotbilly My point is that it was the IRA who were canoodling with the stormtroopers in 1939, and the man involved, Sean Russell, is still venerated by Sinn Fein’s upper deck — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@ConwayHall I am sorry, I cannot do that, but you may reach me at The Mail on Sunday. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Glad to hear that .@juliahb1 and I are now in touch and seeking to arrange a debate , possibly in mid-February. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@asmotek. How old are you? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Why anti-social behaviour isn't trivial : 'Driven to her death by the crack den next door: Suzanne was a gifted academic who took her own ... https://t.co/BiVENibhsC via @MailOnline — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @AJoyfulDistance: Addressed to those who have decided to trivialise anti-social behaviour in response to @SebastianEPayne's article in T… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@martin34173259 Peace? The six counties are full of gangsterism and protection rackets, of people intimidated out of their homes and 'low-level' violence seldom reported in GB. The IRA remains armed, and continues to press for concessions. — PolitiTweet.org