What an absurd person Matthew Parris is.
In this article in the Spectator he claims to have an insight into the social issues surrounding multiculturalism, immigration and the Islamic community because "I shop in the (overwhelmingly Bengali) Whitechapel Road and Stepney markets..." http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/matthew-parris/9472722/anti-muslim-prejudice-is-real-and-its-scary/
Does this mean that if I buy a pencil sharpener in the shop at the LSE I can claim to be an expert on economic theory?
Or if I buy a tea towel at the Dickens Museum I can set myself up as an authority on the works of one of our greatest authors?
And in his article Matthew Parris references no less than three fellow journalists - Janice Turner, David Aaronovitch and Danny Finkelstein. Are we really expected to read an article about other people's articles? Is that not taking churnalism too far?
One of the most dangerous people in the world is a politician who takes himself seriously and thinks his views are important.
One of the most pathetic people in the world is a has-been politician who doesn't realise no-one is listening any more.
In this article in the Spectator he claims to have an insight into the social issues surrounding multiculturalism, immigration and the Islamic community because "I shop in the (overwhelmingly Bengali) Whitechapel Road and Stepney markets..." http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/matthew-parris/9472722/anti-muslim-prejudice-is-real-and-its-scary/
Does this mean that if I buy a pencil sharpener in the shop at the LSE I can claim to be an expert on economic theory?
Or if I buy a tea towel at the Dickens Museum I can set myself up as an authority on the works of one of our greatest authors?
And in his article Matthew Parris references no less than three fellow journalists - Janice Turner, David Aaronovitch and Danny Finkelstein. Are we really expected to read an article about other people's articles? Is that not taking churnalism too far?
One of the most dangerous people in the world is a politician who takes himself seriously and thinks his views are important.
One of the most pathetic people in the world is a has-been politician who doesn't realise no-one is listening any more.
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