Been meaning to post this for a while. Many fair points in the article but it amused me to see him get himself tied in nots thusly:
"Even when an actual issue emerged, it was usually distorted beyond recognition. Look at the biggest issue of the campaign so far. One man told me he knew "for a fact" that asylum seekers are given £40,000 a year each (in fact, it's £40 per week). Another guessed asylum seekers make up 20 per cent of the population. One told me it was "obvious" that refugees are more likely to be rapists. These people aren't stupid: they have been lied to."
Hmmm. There's a million news websites and newspapers. Could it not at some point be people's own responsibility to inform themselves? Bah, humbug!
No comments:
Post a Comment