• About Kathy Shaidle
  • Kathy Shaidle: Donate
  • Kathy Shaidle: Privacy policy

5 Feet of Fury

Kathy Shaidle's blog. Est. 2000

Right wing UK comic Geoff Norcott about representing the views of the majority of the country on the BBC

February 5, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

Via the Spectator:

As a child he disapproved of ill-disciplined neighbours. ‘I was quite judgey about the kids that didn’t go to school and weren’t trying to better themselves. I remember one day particularly I came home from school and my mum was still in her dressing-gown, and I said, “For God’s sake! Get dressed! Achieve something with your day”, although she was a hardworking woman.’ He still has ‘a real issue’ with dressing-gowns worn during daylight hours. ‘Get up. Do something useful.’ (…)

In modern politics people want to feel something, more than anything. That’s true with Trump, true with Brexit. They just want to feel something…

 

More from my site

  • Was the Civil Rights Movement Really Necessary? My NEW Taki’s column
  • ‘Tiller’s death: don’t blame Bill O’Reilly’‘Tiller’s death: don’t blame Bill O’Reilly’
  • ‘Generosity of spirit — at other people’s expense’‘Generosity of spirit — at other people’s expense’
  • Jeremy Clarkson: “Cowardice is the new bravery”Jeremy Clarkson: “Cowardice is the new bravery”

Filed Under: Kathy Shaidle

« “It was hard work, all that hiding”
“…it’s worth working past the feeling that Kass is condemning half your life…” »
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Archives

Copyright © 2021 · Magazine Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in