Janet Street-Porter. Writing in the 'Indy',
she opines:
Walk around some city streets and you sense low-level aggression. People are more upfront when something annoys them. They scream and they swear.
Well, she should know...
No further action will be taken against broadcaster Janet Street- Porter over claims that she racially abused a neighbour of her Clerkenwell home. The former newspaper editor was told by police today its inquiries had ended. Street-Porter, 60, was arrested and questioned on 16 January in connection with an alleged racially aggravated offence.
Funny how things come back to bite you on the bum, isn't it.
ReplyDeleteExcellent spot :-)
ReplyDeleteWalk around some city streets and you sense low-level aggression. People are more upfront when something annoys them. They scream and they swear.
ReplyDeleteKids have always been like that. Old people are becoming more intolerant. This is a moral panic set in train by right wing newspapers. Daily Mail/Express. Crime is getting less.
Any more Guardian clichés?
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Off topic: the verification word was "minger". Really Julia!
Nice catch, Julia.
ReplyDeleteLefties have preached for years that self-restraint and good manners are 'middle-class' trappings meant to make 'poor' people feel inferior.
But now the yobbo chickens are roosting down Lefty Way, it's a diffrent story.
"Funny how things come back to bite you on the bum, isn't it."
ReplyDeleteOh, sooner or later, they always do...
"Off topic: the verification word was "minger". "
LOL!
"But now the yobbo chickens are roosting down Lefty Way, it's a diffrent story."
More please, faster!
Back of the net, Julia! You just can't make stuff like this up!
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