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Stephen Pollard

ByStephen Pollard, Stephen Pollard

Opinion

What is up with David Aaronovitch?

February 12, 2008 24:00
1 min read

There's an extraordinary piece in today's Times by David Aaronovitch, which is so wrong in every aspect that I can barely believe it's by him (much as I disagree with him on almost everything except Iraq, I usually have a high opinion of his writing).

Perhaps it's the fact that the Archbishop genuinely is holier than us that has contributed to the exuberant pleasure it has given so many people to misrepresent so violently what the poor man was saying. Or what I think he was saying, for I was pedantic enough - unlike some of his most enthusiastic assassins - to read the bloody speech.

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Eh? Let's leave aside how holy he supposedly is. I'm fed up with this idea that somehow the only people who have either read his speech or heard his interview are those who defend him, and that those of us who think his speech was a disgrace not just to his office but to the liberal values of his country have clearly not bothered to read or hear his actual words.