Who is the Nasty Piece of Shit Here?

I’d say Alan Rushbridger, frankly.

A couple of weeks ago, at the start of Ramadan, the Archbishop of Canterbury posted a message on Twitter/X wishing all Muslims peace and joy, and giving thanks for the great contribution of Muslims to our society.

Who could possibly be against that? Step forward Calvin Robinson, an esoteric cleric in a tiny Nordic Catholic Church based in Harlesden, northwest London. In Robinson’s view, the tweet rendered Justin Welby unfit to be the Archbishop of Canterbury.

What follows can only be described as a hit piece. Rushbridger is a nasty piece of work who once edited the equally nasty Guardian, so he has form here. I do not share Robinson’s faith. I do not always agree with his views – although in this instance, I certainly do, but I do not recognise the man being described in this drivel.

He is, it is fair to say, obsessed with Islam. He truly believes that “Mohammedans”, as he calls them, are trying to take over this country, and that we have to fight back. He thinks the Church of England is weak, cowardly and obsessed with things like same-sex marriage – or “sacramental sodomy”.

Black Lives Matter (he is himself mixed race) was “clearly a con”. He hates London because it has been “captured.” Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, “clearly hates white people”. Islam is not compatible with British values. And so on.

All of which are either reasonable opinion or accurate observations of truth. Having listened to Robinson extensively, I am aware that his is a considered, thoughtful and reasoned interlocutor, and a thoroughly decent man. His is nothing like the cardboard cut-out pantomime villain he is portrayed as by Rushbridger, who once again shows us that modern journalism is firmly entrenched in the gutter.

Well, the internet is full of oddballs,

This is true. However, it is also true of the mainstream media as the existence of Rushbridger and his erstwhile colleagues over at the Grauniad exemplifies. Deeply unpleasant, hard left, English hating, man hating, white people hating oddballs indeed.

As we near a crucial general election how can GB News, as a regulated channel, continue to frame 90 per cent of its output through the lens of presenters on a spectrum ranging from Conservative through Reform to Reclaim? If Ofcom won’t apply any real sanctions, then will the Electoral Commission wake up?

And here we get to the crux of it. Can’t have the opposition having a voice, now, can we? They might win votes and that is bad, m’kay? So they need to be stopped by law. This is not how a democracy works. GB News is pretty tame and presents views that are predominantly right of centre and unlike the BBC brings in the other side to air their views freely – the existence of Benjamin Butterworth being a prime example. Discussions cover a range of topics and don’t present a one sided view that you will find on, for example, the BBC. But perhaps, most importantly, they allow people to air views that the establishment and half-wits like Rushbridger would prefer censored. Loons like Rushbridger really don’t like it, do they? People daring to air wrongthink in the open. Puffed up, pompous poltroons such as Rushbridger are supposed to be the gatekeepers of thought and expression, thereby preventing such wrongthink to be spoken aloud. How very dare they?

Robinson is worth noticing in all kinds of ways, not least in that Paul Marshall’s GB News gave him a platform and credibility which previously he lacked. The channel says it aims to become the UK’s largest news channel by 2028. As Maya Angelou said: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

Again, this is observably true and in this vile little hit piece, Rushbridger tells us exactly who he is. He is the enemy of free speech. Take note.