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How this year’s silly season turned nasty
Much of the news this summer wasn’t so much silly as it was downright unpleasant and sinister, writes CHRIS WILLIAMSON
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Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
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Without a Labour leadership contest to occupy the minds of the chattering classes, July and August returned to the traditional “silly season.”
That was only to be expected, but this year’s was one of the silliest I can remember and on occasions it wasn’t simply silly, it was downright unpleasant and sinister, too.
What surprised me was that I was the target for much of this twaddle. The old “reds under the bed” guff was dusted off for another outing, malicious accusations of sexism and anti-semitism were thrown around like confetti, while some MPs behaved like medieval feudal barons.
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