When Lefties Fall Out We Do It In Style

Stephen Glover had an interesting take on the row between NIck Cohen and Sunder Katwala, head honcho at the Fabian Society, in his Independent column this week. Just to recap, Nick accused Sunder of being part of the left-wing consensus which failed to recognise the seriousness of the threat of extremist Islam. Sunder then gathered a group of writers and activists together to sign a letter to the Observer suggesting that Nick “needs to find another column to write”, a strangely ambiguous turn of phrase.

I agree with Glover when he says the following: “Journalists should not sign letters to newspapers which might possibly be construed as an attempt to have another journalist sacked, and that, whether we agree with him or not, we should all defend Mr Cohen’s right to continue to have his say.” 


I would defend Sunder Katwala’s right to sign a letter complaining about Nick Cohen and defending the honour of his organisation. What I found bizarre was the fact that he got others to sign it too.