Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@oisindayo. For instance, mere politeness would require you to have discovered that the C of E very much regards itself as part of the One Holy Catholic and apostolic Church.Yet we don't say your orders of priesthood are invalid or your sacraments of no worth. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@DavidHe35545235 All very well condemning Iraq, but to this day few condemn its dress rehearsal in Serbia or David Cameron's copy of it in Libya, or the vast western/Gulf effort to destabilise Syria. Now this. The impulse towards war among Western govts is frightening. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@johnsemenowicz It was an embarrassing mess-up.The Russian word used means 'overload', not 'reset'.The main olive-branch at the time came *from* Russia offering overflying rights to Afghanistan. Allowing the Russians to use the NATO golf course doesn't really change much. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@oisindayo. I thought it politer to ignore than to say these simple words 'Mind your own business'. I am very much against this sort of sectarianism and think people should be left to find their own path. Churches, which are human organisations, should not claim exclusivity. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Ah, Blair, who pelted Iraq with olive branches. Hilarious how the victor of Baghdad criticises Putin for funding domestic policy too hard. But still I ask, what are these olive branches offered to Russia? Permission to use the NATO Golf Course? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@alkemajam. Why can so few people debate without lying? My proposal is absolutely the opposite of 'defunding the police'. I wish to tae away funds from the failed body which calls itself 'the police', but does no policing, & spend the money on a real preventive patrolling force. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: .@evolutionplants (liar) Always interesting to see the multiple contortions you engage in rather than admitting that you… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@williamclouston A noble sentiment, but state funding, dodgy billionaires - and broadcasting rules weighted to favour existing parties - keep the zombie parties alive, shambling round the country. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @outragedlady: @WilliamClouston @ClarkeMicah @SDPhq Perhaps people should have followed the suggestion of .ClarkeMicah and consigned bot… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@evolutionplants (liar) Always interesting to see the multiple contortions you engage in rather than admitting that you have lied about me, apologising and retracting the baseless smear. Stop lying about me and I'll stop telling the truth about you. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@evolutionplants. It is different because 1. I am not a combatant power myself(!) . 2. I call on the combatants, to negotiate under the auspices of the UN.3. I haven't urged a ceasefire, desirable as it would be, as I think talks could begin without one. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @WilliamClouston: If the reason for the existence of a political party disappears that party will also disappear. Since the Conservativ… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Perhaps I just disagree with you about these things @tjm3000. No doubt you have been there more than I have, and know the history better, but these are the conclusions I have reached on the basis of my travels, experience and reading. If you dispute them, please do so rationally — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@tjm3000. Thank you for the apology,. I could not care less what the Kremlin says about it and nor should you. https://t.co/4ZSN7s3gPO — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 .@tjm3000 . You also have not dealt with my basic point , which is that you would rightly condemn the treatment of the monoglot Russian minority in Ukraine (larger than the monoglot Francophone minority in Canada) if it happened anywhere else. https://t.co/qi7GpKegWR — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 .@tjm3000 . You haven't a) produced evidence for this assertion or b) dealt with the problem of the almost 30% of Ukrainians who for sure speak only Russia (I've sent you references on this). . https://t.co/qi7GpKwqaZ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@owniki . You have never read Article 5 of the NATO treaty, have you? Please see https://t.co/swpZVhftvZ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@tjm3000 Contrast Canada , with about 20% speaking French . French has been an official language in Canada since 1969, and quite right too. As I say, Western liberals have different standards for Ukraine than they would apply to any other country. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@tjm3000 For authority on large number of monoglot Russian speakers in Ukraine, please see https://t.co/RrUd2ZDB0n . Yet Russian is *not* an official language in Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@tjm3000 About 30% of Ukrainians are Russian speakers (many of them exclusively) See for instance. https://t.co/VJBmzCHpcU and https://t.co/tuXVvcZx4N — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@tjm3000. Where does the word 'fascist' come from? I have not used it. I wasn't aware that English wasn't an official language any more in Wales. *Do* *most* Ukrainians speak both Ukrainian and Russian? What's your source for that, Mr knowledgeable? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Yes,Mr Stupid @iwearahalo2,which is why I call Putin a sinister tyrant,have repeatedly condemned the invasion since it took place. I have not 'blamed the victim'. It wasn't Ukraine which decided in 1997 to expand NATO, or Ukraine which overthrew its own elected government in 2014 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 What a stupid, ignorant thing to say, . @iwearahalo2. I write books in the hope that people will read them. Non-fiction books are about as lucrative, measured on an hourly rate, as office cleaning. https://t.co/93PXFVWCD8… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Compare @the_svarog Finland's *regular* forces are 60,000 (trained reserves are far greater) for a population of *5.5 million*. If Poland's really so worried about Russia, why doesn't it copy Finland? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

That's not saying much @svarog Most NATO states are 'deficit' members, demanding more commitment than they themselves can or will supply. Poland's armed forces described here. Army of 60,000, population 38 million. https://t.co/0eCAQn0POT — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

You said it, @iwearahalo2. But bots can't convert sugary drinks 🥤into human lard, the way basement-dwelling humans can. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

I thought they might all dress up as Margaret Thatcher and John Major , posing in Bonnie and Clyde mode in the running boards of vintage Rollers while cradling Thompson guns. @rosie__Mrsk — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@iwearahalo2 You would get your knickers in a twist (my, what an *original* phrase that is! Did you invent it yourself?) if some electronic nonentity, sat in in his mum's basement, kept telling the same stupid lie about you, over and over again. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

How right you are @rosie_msrk. I suppose I found it hard to believe there were two of them @iwearahalo2 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Fascinating thing about Poland @admcollingwood , is how small its armed forces are, for a country with such a big population, receiving so much foreign aid, given the fuss that is always made about how threatened it is. — PolitiTweet.org