Qurangate has exposed the weakness of ‘liberals’

There’s a sudden vacancy in the constituency of Wakefield. The incumbent Labour MP hasn’t resigned or died. He just happens to be Simon Lightwood, a good example of nominative determinism. Lightwood’s weaselly intervention in Qurangate carries all the moral force of a sliver of driftwood carried along by the tide. In place of an MP, Wakefield has the faintest of shadows.

Statement on the recent incident at Kettlethorpe High School: pic.twitter.com/k5a8eoslVA

— Simon Lightwood MP (@simonlightwood) March 5, 2023

Note that he characterises teenage boys dropping and scuffing a book – a book which was the property of one of those boys – as ‘the incident’. 

Note that he condemns threats and ‘hate speech’, as he calls it, ‘from anyone’. Some people are threatening to murder a 14-year-old autistic boy, others are apparently saying nasty things on the internet. There are some less-than-fine people on both sides. 

Note that he similarly avoids identifying those who ‘seek to inflame and spread mistruths’.