Observe (above) one Mehdi Hasan in full flow on last night’s Question Time. Then look at the tweets below from the Mail’s Tim Shipman. Try not to cackle; it’s rude.
Mehdi Hasan, who so vociferously attacked the Daily Mail on Question Time, asked for a job in 2010 & praised the paper equally floridly
— Tim Shipman (Mail) (@ShippersUnbound) October 4, 2013
@mehdirhasan to Paul Dacre, asking for a column: ‘The Mail has a vitally important role to play in the national debate.’
— Tim Shipman (Mail) (@ShippersUnbound) October 4, 2013
Mehdi Hasan told Paul Dacre: ‘I admire your relentless focus on the need for integrity and morality in public life.’
— Tim Shipman (Mail) (@ShippersUnbound) October 4, 2013
Mehdi said he was more in tune with Mail than the left on some ‘social & moral issues’
— Tim Shipman (Mail) (@ShippersUnbound) October 4, 2013
Mehdi told Paul Dacre ‘my fellow leftists & liberals have lost touch with their own traditions & with the great British public’
— Tim Shipman (Mail) (@ShippersUnbound) October
Britain’s best politics newsletters
You get two free articles each week when you sign up to The Spectator’s emails.
Already a subscriber? Log in
Comments
Join the debate for just £1 a month
Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for £3.
UNLOCK ACCESS Just £1 a monthAlready a subscriber? Log in