Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@paulmaccio. Just as soon as my nomination as UN Secretary General goes through, I'll draw up a peace plan for Ukraine. Until then, I'll just use what tiny influence I have to spread the idea that *actual* diplomats should be seeking such a thing. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Honestly, .@davidkennerly, don't be so maudlin, or I might cry. Do you keep a shrine in your bedroom to him, or something? He wasn't *your* brother, just a person you didn't know, who you watched a lot on Youtube in the middle of the night. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@davidkennerly. 'Took me to task'? Whatever do you mean? You make it sound as if he had authority over me. We disagreed over a number of things. He did not take your weird view that it was sacrilege for me to question his genius. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 .@hmsincomparable How do you know what Russia is or is not prepared to accept, in advance of talks? Did Putin tell you? If he didn't, you are surley guessing. And even if he did, so waht. Opening positions are taken to be abandoned later. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 .@hmsincomparable. Point about negotiations is that both sides give important concessions, to avoid something worse (in this case perhaps a 10-year war in which many are killed, maimed and driven from their homes).You cannot negotiate by saying in advance what you will accept — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@nannypicker — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@nannypucjer. Actually I am sorry for them . They are fanboys and worshippers. My very existence, as a person who knew him well but is not a worshipper, upsets the poor dears. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@bal_shek . The very fact that you are unaware of the complex origins of this crisis is evidence of the need for such a debate. Wasn’t America’s backing of the violent overthrow of Ukraine’s legitimate head of state in 2014 an unlawful incursion into sovereign territory? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@sophie51403248 . Several reasons, but mainly because they are perturbed that I, who knew Christopher closely, do not idolise him as they do. They are in many cases worshippers, whose faith is offended by my very existence. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

I don’t think@it was recorded,sorry, .@2a12321 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@davidkennerly Go on then, imagine it. My late brother was profoundly mistaken about WMD and the Iraq war, whereas I was correct on both. How would he have got this one wrong? Have you no better case? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@curtainsilicon. What of it? President Zelensky is heavily reliant on the USA for intelligence, weapons and ammunition, not to mention financial support for his shattered economy. He can *say* what he likes. What will he do? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

A serious debate on the Ukraine war (as never seen on the BBC) , in which both sides treat each other with courtesy and respect and are allowed to make their arguments fully. 11,000 have now watched the Youtube version. So can you: https://t.co/IO9U83v5zs — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

This is Oxford, @robbyoliver. Don't laugh too soon. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@paulmaccio 'Whataboutism', as you call it, was pioneered by Jesus of Nazareth, founder of the Christian religion, and is a perfectly reasonable moral position. See: https://t.co/IlwBY9PVb7 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@rangothegrump. The simple technical answer to this is that it should negotiate because it is going to have a tough time evicting the Russians by force, especially if it tries to do so in Crimea. Negotiations save lives, prevent the destruction of cities and the ruin of nations. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@jprnyct *Do* they? I had no idea. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@JanetWorstnop where did I make any 'calls for unconditional surrender'.? Actually, don't bother to answer. We both know you made it up because you are no good at arguing, and cannot cope with opinions dfferent from your own, or unwelcome facts. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@hmsincomparable. Quite so. And I do not recall saying any such thing. Can you tell me (without disrespect) where and when you think I did? Or did you, as is usual with Ukrainian jingoes affronted by any other view, make it up? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Will Ukraine jingoes now accuse President Biden of ‘appeasement’ and ‘surrender’? U.S. privately asks Ukraine to show it’s open to negotiate with Russia - The Washington Post https://t.co/smcrchpZfM — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@srchmoel4 . I have said nothing about anyone surrendering. But you are right, you can kill a lot of people far away, by spending very little money, and at no risk to yourself. I do not find this appealing. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@1395. Where did I say that? Nowhere, never. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@m1chaelk . Indeed. That is why I have never said the whole country is neo-Nazi . But there are neo-Nazis in it, and their influence is out of proportion to their numbers. Not all countries allow soldiers in their army to wear Nazi emblems on their national uniforms. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @cruikshank_adam: @ClarkeMicah @kynohy I never believed Frizelda was real until I found myself unfollowed to you @ClarkeMicah — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@tgriffons. I am not backing anybody . I am urging a negotiated end to a terrible war. But I know of no other European Army which permits its soldiers to wear Nazi emblems on their national uniforms. Do you? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@johnfsrten25 . Can you please give examples? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@doonhamer60. Not as far as I know. Then again, what’s the evidence of popular demand for this move? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Notice in Waterstone’s bookshop, Oxford. https://t.co/hDaQ2iqfZK — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@jimmyhsands, I genuinely have no idea of the relevance of this photographic cliche. Perhaps a picture of FDR smiling at Stalin at Teheran might be more fitting. Perhaps not. 1938 and 1945 are not very comparable to 2022. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Do *you* live in Florida, .@britaingrates? I had the impression, from the perhaps rather too simple style of your arguments, that you must live in Toytown. — PolitiTweet.org