Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Why the flippancy in the presence of death .@martyred2033? The ceremonies which surround death and burial are aimed at comforting the bereaved and guiding our own thoughts towards the renewed understanding that we all die and must all come to the grave, with all that means. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@lastenglishking. IN the presence of death, it is normal to wish to make some visible gesture of reverence. Now that few of us have hats to take off, the sign of the cross is a good way of doing so. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

No, I am not. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@antiantiwoke. How literal-minded you are. The enforcement of law, and general obedience to it, depend greatly on the relation between police and public, who can (and do) withdraw co-operation from police who are overbearing or slovenly. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Many thanks @virgofolkie — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Thank you @polonius90 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

There’s always one — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

PETER HITCHENS: I saw the glory of nations, the majesty of death https://t.co/GsaghDtpQC via @MailOnline — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

My article on the lying-in-state in the Daily Mail today. https://t.co/nM8awqLmcJ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

How is it subservience? The Queen is now dead, and never had any power over me, or you @meowbing? How is it possible that a living, breathing conscious person can believe that respect for a constitutional monarch is subservience? You want to see that, look in workplaces. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Devastating. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 @mpalmond's false public claim that I had not shown respect in the presence of the mortal remains of the monarch isn't a 'gentle dig'. He didn't cause me 'distress', because he was wrong. He offended against the truth.He should apologise properly,not in the passive — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 Oh, @mpalmond was *joking* when he made his false claim about me. Pity about the lack of spontaneous laughter or actual funniness.I have said virtually nothing about police uniforms on display since HM"s death. In fact at such times police mostly revert to traditional garb — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@mpalmond — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@greengas62. While the appearance of the police is plainly part of their relationship with the public, it's their nature and policies which engage me most. Crime and disorder change very little, and the pre-1967 police forces of this country handled it a lot better than today's. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@mpalmond come on, I'm serious about wanting an apology. You publicly said an untrue thing about me as a result of a basic failure to check your facts, and on a personal and professional level, as an academic historian, you need to put this right. Now, please. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

HO Hope so! — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @Lagrange2077: "Paramilitary social workers" is the perfect description. https://t.co/65y1GgSjox — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 @markalmond Also shouldn't you have done the 'pixel analysis' before going public with your erroneous claim? If this is a sample of the historical method these days, it explains a *lot* about some of the stuff on more important matters that you've been writing lately. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

What 'garb' .@mpalmond? I was wearing a coat over dark clothes, my shoes were freshly polished and my tie was black. This half, er, hearted non-retraction retraction looks more like flight under a smokescreen than a proper admission of error. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: Noted historian .@mpalmond can't make out on a blurred video that I was wearing a black tie in the presence of the mortal… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Noted historian .@mpalmond can't make out on a blurred video that I was wearing a black tie in the presence of the mortal remains of HM the Queen, so presumes wrongly - and announces on Twitter mistakenly - that I did not do so. Hmmm — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: 1/2 .@mpalmond, I absolutely *was* wearing a (black) tie. While you can be excused for not being to make this out you can'… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: 2/2 @mpalmond So you are quite unable to determine whether I was wearing a suit or not. As it happens, I - a notorious scr… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 @mpalmond So you are quite unable to determine whether I was wearing a suit or not. As it happens, I - a notorious scruff - polished my shoes for the occasion, and put on my black tie shortly before entering Westminster hall. A public apology would be great. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 .@mpalmond, I absolutely *was* wearing a (black) tie. While you can be excused for not being to make this out you can't be excused for making a mistaken claim for which you have no clear evidence.Also I was wearing a heavy coat, as it's cold at midnight at this time of year. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'Neighbourhood Policing' is a myth .@starbuck26401 . The failure of the police to make any serious impact on the other things you list once again shows that the diversion from prevention, their principal task has gained nothing and lost a great deal. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Exposed beyond doubt as a pitiable ignoramus about the huge reduction in police duties since the 1960s (I have not mentioned rainbows btw), .@starbuck26401 responds thus. Two steps away from being muted as a timewasting bore, I'd say. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

My arguments are good & compelling. You pay no attention to them, .@starbuck26401. I again urge you to read my book on the subj,'The Abolition of Liberty', Atlantic Books, 2004. In a free country, the public are more important judges of the police than are the police themselves. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@starbuck26401 Policing in such countries has a different purpose and enforces a different sort of law. It is true that since the 1960s our police have tried to emulate this, a major mistake. Do you know what Robert Peel *did*? — PolitiTweet.org