Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: 1/5 @daverspat. Because I am wholly open about my Marxist past, and have been for decades. And because Blair kept his a to… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

5/5 @daverspat. Finally, the modern left can rely on the bottomless ignorance of many in media, politics and the academy about the nature of post-1968 revolutionary thinking. The tiny few who understand it can see modern governments puting it into practice. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

4/5 @daverspat I have made definitive public statements wholly incompatible with my former revolutionary positions, not udner pressure but in my own time and of my own free will. Anybody wishing to try to show that these are insincere is welcome to adduce evidence.. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

3/5 @daverspat You may read anywhere my books and articles in which I explain the development of my opinions away from Marxism. I don't claim to have 'drufted' away. I can chart in detail the course of my thinking.... — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/5 @daverspat. Nor have I ever heard any of them discuss their involvement with Marxist organisations, beyond glib and dismissive remarks. I can be public about my time in IS because I have entirely broken with it. They cannot, because it is still important in their thinking. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/5 @daverspat. Because I am wholly open about my Marxist past, and have been for decades. And because Blair kept his a total secret throughout his time in politics. To my knowledge none of the known student revolutionaries at the top of New Labour volunteered this information. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@theclawsoftime. You are mistaken. I don't doubt Mr Perry's *experience*. I dispute his interpretation of it. Similar to my view of war correspondents , who are brave and brilliant at *describing* but often clueless about *explaining*. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@shipwreck__ And this ludicrous misunderstanding,shared by many Tories, closes millions of minds to the plain truth.. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @Politic56721677: I think @ClarkeMicah must feel utterly vindicated by Mervin King's words here - he's been saying exactly this since ea… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@britaingrates. How do *you* know what he would settle for? You plainly lack any understanding of the nature of the dispute. I am so not calling for Ukrainian surrender. Shove these libels where the sun doesn’t shine. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @IainDale: On CROSS QUESTION from 8pm on @LBC... Tory MP Jo Gideon Former Corbyn adviser James Schneider Mail on Sunday columnist Pet… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: Blair's amazing confession that he was a Trotskyist at Oxford.When did he give up revolutionary Marxism? Or dd he? https:/… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@mechanicznac . Who suggested rewarding Russia with part of Ukraine? Not I. Find someone who thinks this, and argue with them. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@gbittlingmayer This is what we call 'propaganda'. It does not necessarily convey the truth. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @myOxTalks: Yesterday, I was fortunate to attend a talk titled “After Conservatism” by @ClarkeMicah where he spoke on everything from th… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@MechanicznaC Ukraine *has* defended itself very effectively against Russian forces which were weaker than many believed. Now we need an agreement which ends the war and ensures it does not return. Why would anyone be against that? The poor and the weak suffer most in wars. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@Andy19891576309. Yes. Russia is suffering severe damage and loss in the war, a fact I expect you have more than once stated yourself. The USA may want a continued war. Russia and Ukraine have nothing to gain from it. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@bitterballen91. I lack your naive respect for opinion polls, principally devices for influencing opinion. I am asserting no ‘right’ . None exists. I am expressing an opinion., — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@jtmessage1. I’d aim at a comprehensive peace agreement. But I don’t think invasions should be rewarded with territorial concessions. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @KMGVictoria: A fine appreciation of Kenneth Grahame's immortal The Wind In The Willows from @ClarkeMicah https://t.co/hevWBytwp4 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Eh, @tusk_music? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@howtoacademy. I think the choice you pose in your tweet is a false one. People shouldn't portray peacemaking as an act of weakness or surrender, set against macho chest thumping. Whose needs do we most hope to serve? Those of the suffering people. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @howtoacademy: Should Ukraine make peace with Russia? Or must Putin’s invasion be repelled at any cost? Don't miss this gripping debate… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@jprnyct Well, actually, if the corpse parties were carted away, FPTP *would* polarise the country as the referendum did, making Parliament once again the living, adversarial national chamber it ought to be and rearranging alliances which have become obsolete. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

What does 'centre' mean , in this context @ulvernielsen? Do you have a centrometer? Or are you just saying that this government will conform with conventional wisdom (which is of course my point) and not be 'right-wing' at all? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Member parties of Sweden's alleged 'right-wing' coalition elected under PR : Moderate Party, Christian Democrats, Liberals and the Sweden Democrats. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

My Roger Scruton Lecture, delivered at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on Monday 24th October. No , I do not know if a recording will be available. https://t.co/jUz1aushjc — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

How very true. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

What a distressing story. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

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