Above: small piece (part of a larger spread in The Observer last Sunday) that sneers at the idea of Joey Barton quoting Nietzsche, Darwin and Orwell. Tom Lamont, who wrote the piece, scoffs at the idea of Joey Barton as a "reader". Ironically this is the sort of bullying Graeme le Saux received when he was outed as a Guardian-reader.
A list of Tom Lamont's work is http://journalisted.com/tom-lamont?allarticles=yes
Above: a nastier piece that appeared in the Guardian yesterday and also on-line http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/aug/14/newcastle-united-joey-barton-twitter
Martin Kelner who wrote the piece, compares Joey Barton to Hitler, implies he is mad ("communicates with planet Earth"), and jeers at him for trying to be "posh". Funny and ironic article on the world of sport, no doubt. But it also appears to be chav-hate against working-class people getting above themselves.
I am sure that both Tom Lamont and Martin Kelner would deny any charge of chav-hate. They would tell us some of their best friends are chavs, and perhaps wheel out Owen Jones as proof. But it makes you wonder if the Guardian / Observer Group is institutionally chavist.
And while I am talking about the Guardian / Observer Group, why have they put their subscription rate up from £23 to £30? Is inflation running at 25% ? Where is the considerable saving they promised me when I first took out the subscription (at £30 per annum there is hardly any saving, since the newspaper costs £1 per day)?
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