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Rod Liddle

The only thing you’re allowed to hate is hate itself

24 November 2018

9:00 AM

24 November 2018

9:00 AM

If we are to ban states of mind, my vote would be for self-righteousness first, followed by sententiousness, with maybe imbecility as third choice. That would criminalise most of the people in the country I cannot abide, including all of the Lib Dems, Momentum and Justine Greening.

Sadly, the state of mind which the government wishes to ban is that rather more useful quality, hate.

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