There's a great Stewart Lee bit, which I couldn't find, about Nadia Hossain, from the point of view of one of these twats. Words to the effect of "You can go on our baking show...but you'd better not win."
I think of that whenever I see them attacking Sadiq. They bang on all the time about immigrants not integrating, but what could be a more successful example of immigration than the son of an immigrant bus driver becoming Mayor of London and, as you say, embracing Pride, embracing the Jewish community, etc etc, without disavowing his Muslimness. No wonder they hate him.
Surely Goodwin’s description of London is one of the finest exemplars of Anaïs Nin’s phrase “We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are.” Thank you for another very good read.
As a white Britton, born and bred in London (technically in reverse order), with a "foreign" wife who's lived in London for 40 years, and 3 "half-breed" children who despite having dual nationality are unquestionably British, one of whom has taken advantage of his EU passport and now lives and works in Germany, I can tell you that these intellectual light-weights who select their anecdotes to write these articles in the press (in this case owned by a Russian migrant) are totally and utterly blind to the reality of life in London.
It attracts people from all over the world because it is the exact opposite of what Goodwin and co claim. If generates fantastic amounts of cash because of it's energy, and despite the mean-spirited whining of these grifters.
I fantasize about London seceding from the UK so we can have our own migration policy, and wankers like Goodwin can queue up at the border control post on the M25 waiting for a work permit, only to be refused when we check his social media and find he is "not conducive to the public good".
In the words of the Brexit backing hold, Prof Matthew Goodwin, if you don't like it, your free to leave
Goodwin is Tolkien's Saruman. Studied the works of the great enemy for too long and became enamoured of it's apparent power, and desired a share of that power.
Poor Matt - you've gotta feel sorry for him and his inability to have fun. My husband and I have regular day trips to London (go down on the sleeper from Scotland, spend the day there, get the sleeper back that evening) and love it. The museums! The restaurants! The pubs! Walking around! In fact, now I'm desperate for another visit.
We visited London for the first time last year. We stayed in Southwark and spent a week seeing as much of the city as we could by bus, train, uber and taxi. We spent a day with an expat friend who lives and works there, visiting some of her favorite, lesser known places. I even took a wrong turn walking back to the hotel from a laundry and got to see one of the poorer neighborhoods on foot. We loved our time there! Ian’s description of the city confirms our impressions.
I really enjoyed reading this takedown of Goodwin and love letter to the multicultural magnificence of cities like London. The man is an utter guttersnipe I chuckle at how he calls himself a 'political scientist' whilst presenting on GB news. He's more like a right wing experiment, a propaganist hate fed lab rat.
If we are referring to the power structures of London (and Westminster), I don't think it's that we hate London, It's more that we hate the London-centric thinking of London at the detriment of the rest of the UK.
There's a great Stewart Lee bit, which I couldn't find, about Nadia Hossain, from the point of view of one of these twats. Words to the effect of "You can go on our baking show...but you'd better not win."
I think of that whenever I see them attacking Sadiq. They bang on all the time about immigrants not integrating, but what could be a more successful example of immigration than the son of an immigrant bus driver becoming Mayor of London and, as you say, embracing Pride, embracing the Jewish community, etc etc, without disavowing his Muslimness. No wonder they hate him.
Great piece. I’m very pleased my grandchildren are growing up in London and Cambridge, for all these reasons.
Surely Goodwin’s description of London is one of the finest exemplars of Anaïs Nin’s phrase “We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are.” Thank you for another very good read.
As a white Britton, born and bred in London (technically in reverse order), with a "foreign" wife who's lived in London for 40 years, and 3 "half-breed" children who despite having dual nationality are unquestionably British, one of whom has taken advantage of his EU passport and now lives and works in Germany, I can tell you that these intellectual light-weights who select their anecdotes to write these articles in the press (in this case owned by a Russian migrant) are totally and utterly blind to the reality of life in London.
It attracts people from all over the world because it is the exact opposite of what Goodwin and co claim. If generates fantastic amounts of cash because of it's energy, and despite the mean-spirited whining of these grifters.
I fantasize about London seceding from the UK so we can have our own migration policy, and wankers like Goodwin can queue up at the border control post on the M25 waiting for a work permit, only to be refused when we check his social media and find he is "not conducive to the public good".
In the words of the Brexit backing hold, Prof Matthew Goodwin, if you don't like it, your free to leave
Goodwin is Tolkien's Saruman. Studied the works of the great enemy for too long and became enamoured of it's apparent power, and desired a share of that power.
In time he'll breed his own orcs.
Lovely metaphor…
Poor Matt - you've gotta feel sorry for him and his inability to have fun. My husband and I have regular day trips to London (go down on the sleeper from Scotland, spend the day there, get the sleeper back that evening) and love it. The museums! The restaurants! The pubs! Walking around! In fact, now I'm desperate for another visit.
No, we really, really do not have to feel sorry for him.
Robert Jenrick as a shithouse Inspector Morse though. Lol.
Goodwin is a pure malevolent grifting racist poisonous reactionary. You nailed it.
"Jenrick spent a day recently chasing fare dodgers around London Tube stations, like some kind of shithouse Inspector Morse."
Shithouse Blakey, surely?
We visited London for the first time last year. We stayed in Southwark and spent a week seeing as much of the city as we could by bus, train, uber and taxi. We spent a day with an expat friend who lives and works there, visiting some of her favorite, lesser known places. I even took a wrong turn walking back to the hotel from a laundry and got to see one of the poorer neighborhoods on foot. We loved our time there! Ian’s description of the city confirms our impressions.
Thank you so much for writing this - it has been so depressing seeing the constant attacks on the city I love. This makes it feel much better.
Over the weekend everyone should try to quote "shit house inspector morse" at least once into a conversation.
Enjoyed it. Had me chortling with this one “journeyed very far from the basecamp of his better nature,”
I really enjoyed reading this takedown of Goodwin and love letter to the multicultural magnificence of cities like London. The man is an utter guttersnipe I chuckle at how he calls himself a 'political scientist' whilst presenting on GB news. He's more like a right wing experiment, a propaganist hate fed lab rat.
A beautiful ode to London- the beast that keeps me sane
If we are referring to the power structures of London (and Westminster), I don't think it's that we hate London, It's more that we hate the London-centric thinking of London at the detriment of the rest of the UK.