Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@Trying0Learn Conventional wisdom, alas. Lord Sumption is a great man, but Russia and NATO have perhaps not been one among his main interests until recently. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'mad and wrong' not 'mad and strong'. Blasted predictive text. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Correct .@james_barton Blinking predictive text. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@MykhailoXPIH But it does quite specifically refer to a sphere of influence. Believe what you want, you will anyway. But you are mistaken. I know what I thought then. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@vojtamt Class post hoc ergo propter hoc error. Most post-Warsaw Pact and Soviet states were independent , and unmolested, for years before joining NATO. See https://t.co/uQpbkVU17Z — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@mikewaskzek. Wht a big strong brave chap you are. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

I simply don't agree .@mrwill909 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

‘Towery city, and branchy between towers, cuckoo-echoing, bell-swarmed, lark-charmed, rook-racked, river-rounded, the dapple-eared lily below thee, that country and town did once encounter in…’ https://t.co/tP9hSKN8Ah — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Thanks @hostingsmarts, but I suspect you mean’The Abolition of Liberty’. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@Alberto_A73 There is nothing *special* about allowing someone to re-enter the country of their birth and their citizenship. If you are so confident that she is a wrongdoer, why do you not support the idea of trying her in this country? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

100,000 have watched this https://t.co/O3vwJ9jlI1 hard-hitting and sometimes tense debate on Ukraine since it took place five days ago. Nearly 3,000 have commented on it. There is obviously a hunger for debate on this subject. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@Stephen36185456 That is a ridiculous thing to say to .@edwardlucas, a friend of mine for many years who has honourably been willing to debate this issue when others would not. Please withdraw this and apologise to him. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

3/3 .@MykhailoXPIH I said nothing about 'restoring the Russian empire'. I used the expression 'sphere of influence' . You don't need a 'sphere of influence' in imperial territory . Look at the way Germany dominates *its* former empire (and large chunks of the old Russian one). — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/3 .@MykhailoXPIH As for the 'Great Russian Chauvinist' remark, I suppose it is invariably a mistake to attempt humour, or assume humour on the part of your audience, when you are being recorded forever by the cold eye of a camera. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 .@MykhailoXPIH I regret the title of the talk, an attempt to increase interest in it which also gives a misleading impression of its content. I suspect the invasion of Ukraine, which I regard as mad as well as strong, has also rendered these speculations invalid. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Almost 100,000 have watched this fierce, adversarial debate on Ukraine since it took place five days ago. Plainlty there is a hunger for discussion about this isue, which so many regard as closed and decided. You may watch it here https://t.co/O3vwJ9jlI1 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

This is quite interesting: Is Anybody Telling The American People About The War? https://t.co/cq3qlT4TU2 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Almost 90,000 have watched this incisive, tense adversarial debate on Ukraine since it was recorded last Thursday, and thousands have commented on it. You may do so here https://t.co/O3vwJ9jlI1 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 .@blokeworking If you allege that I 'defend a terrorist', that just shows that you have not read what I wrote. I did no such thing. Please read the article . It is here: https://t.co/GRilLBCI3v — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@blokeworking. On the contrary, the law is our greatest defence against tyranny. Terrorists despise law and kill without mercy. You cannot fight this evil by becoming lawless and merciless, like your enemy. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

You mean.@stepthgann, that you disagree with me. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@priest_rebel. See my two debates on the issue last week, both on youtube — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Actually, that just isn't accurate @morpethm_245 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @TalkTV: Mike Graham clashes with Peter Hitchens after the columnist said Shamima Begum is “being punished without a trial”. Peter: “Th… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Both are illegal and indefensible — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

I didn’t dismiss it. It was Konstantin who dismissed what I had said. I said these events are much-disputed, as they are. But there was beyond doubt a putsch . @Neil_on_wye — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @Andy_Millard11: @Neil_On_Wye @ClarkeMicah What did he say that was abusive? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @AnneLikoon: @AlisonH73216123 @ClarkeMicah If you are over him, giving him up isn’t a sacrifice. You should listen to him more and with… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @AlisonH73216123: @BoyGeekDrone @ClarkeMicah Ah, since I have given him up I couldn't see that he retweeted it. But thanks for letting… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Not that I know of @janinethechef1. The calls for her to be tried in Syria are a diversion from the main issue. Which is the UK’s merciless use of the pre-mediaeval punishment of exile, to draw attention away from its general weakness in the face of terror. — PolitiTweet.org