And Finally…
In this week’s episode of London Calling, the topics under discussion are James’s recent trip to Bulgaria, Elon Musk’s purchase of nearly 10% of Twitter, the ‘Respect my sex if you want my X’ campaign, the Boat Race, the £50 fine given to Boris’s “head of ethics” for bringing a karaoke machine to a “raucous” party in Downing Street, why karaoke seems to appeal so much to Tory politicians and their advisors, the bad timing of the Just Stop Oil protestors, and, in Culture Corner, SAS: Rogue Heroes, A Ship of the Line and Sharpe’s Trafalgar.
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James, Toby – are either of you fans of Elon Musk?
Thanks Toby, I was getting worried by James’s absence.
Probably just as well the “mummy and daddy arguing about the Ukraine” bit was lost, because Toby’s ideas about the Ukraine are absolutely on the level of a zero covid bed-wetter’s thoughts on covid, a middle class antiracist’s ideas about BLM, or a full on climate panicker’s “thinking” about energy policy – vacuous and infantile, and based on simple falsehoods about the world.
We get plenty of hypocritical/profoundly ignorant selective moralising about “aggression”, jingoist silliness about a “Russian threat” and “Britain’s global mission”, and one sided emotionally manipulative, shroud-waving war propaganda on the mainstream media, without Toby adding to it here.
While I don’t agree with everything Toby writes or says, he did create Lockdown Sceptics and the Free Speech Union, for which he deserves much praise. And, given the idea behind FSU, why complain that he exercises his here?
“While I don’t agree with everything Toby writes or says, he did create Lockdown Sceptics and the Free Speech Union, for which he deserves much praise.”
As it happens, I’ve said exactly the same a number of times here, and I have been a member of the FSU for nearly two years now. I have no problem respecting a person for his achievements and agreeing with many of his positions, while simultaneously criticising a particular position he holds.
Ukraine war emoting is basically the same as covid, BLM and climate alarmist emoting, just afflicting a slightly different demographic, and deserves a similar degree of disrespect. And it’s at least similarly costly and harmful. Potentially considerably more.
“And, given the idea behind FSU, why complain that he exercises his here?”
Not really a free speech issue, is it? This is just disagreement (admittedly rather contemptuous, given how conformist and wilfully ignorant his views on that particular topic are – the polar opposite of scepticism).
And no, I didn’t downvote your comment.
‘without Toby adding to it here’ seemed to suggest that you’d rather he didn’t post his opinions.
I don’t disagree with your other points, since I share them.
Imo you are overextending here.
I haven’t heard it. I have listened to them a few times and they provide a pleasant diversion and some amusement but it is as if there is a conscious effort to avoid a discussion of any depth. Why would you want to avoid such a discussion in these times? Is there no fertile ground anymore just the acceptance of a barren landscape and an impassable gulf? One way or another it is just willing it on, let it burn, This is not the Christian perspective. A real Christian perspective in our times would be concerned with damage limitation even though we know that evrything is going to shit.
Personally, I find this ‘James vs Tobes’ schtick a bit too much. It is blatantly put on, and, quite frankly, I am baffled that anyone would take it seriously.
I totally concur.
I’ve never encountered two less punk individuals, so why ‘The Clash’ reference in the title?
In an age of a torrent of podcasts, this one is lame, really lame.
Can’t help but wonder the following;
1. How much income Toby has generated from this site?
2. How well he is still connected to the Establishment?
3. How a silver spooned ‘Christian’ smoker defends traumatising and slaughtering foxes?
4. Why the Daily Round Up is predominantly full of propagandist MSM crap?
5. Why there are NEVER links to the real vanguard of alt media?