Coco Kahn
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I'm glad you mentioned about how these disparate groups and these disparate motivations can coalesce around these kind of shared aims. Not everyone involved in this network, this alt-right network, will necessarily be a Nazi. But for whatever reason, they think it's politically expedient to work together with groups that if they're not Nazi now, then they certainly have been Nazi before.
I mean, I was definitely when you were talking about Tufton Street there, I thought to myself, oh, I'm sure someone would. They clip this bit up. They say PSUK. What is this conspiracy theory? Tufton Street are all Nazis. I thought Tufton Street were just neoliberals. But I think it's fair to say, you know.
I mean, I was definitely when you were talking about Tufton Street there, I thought to myself, oh, I'm sure someone would. They clip this bit up. They say PSUK. What is this conspiracy theory? Tufton Street are all Nazis. I thought Tufton Street were just neoliberals. But I think it's fair to say, you know.
People can have political expedience and sort of share positions with each other, even though they don't agree on everything, which is a really long way of saying, so what on earth does Nigel Farage get out of this allegiance to Putin? How is it expedient to him? What does he gain from it?
People can have political expedience and sort of share positions with each other, even though they don't agree on everything, which is a really long way of saying, so what on earth does Nigel Farage get out of this allegiance to Putin? How is it expedient to him? What does he gain from it?
I just love lunch.
I just love lunch.
And while you're at it, pod listeners, don't forget that you can see our lovely faces on our YouTube page. So last week we had a lovely comment from one of our listeners. Glass Spider wrote in that Nish looks like his night never ended. He just slopped over into the next day.
And while you're at it, pod listeners, don't forget that you can see our lovely faces on our YouTube page. So last week we had a lovely comment from one of our listeners. Glass Spider wrote in that Nish looks like his night never ended. He just slopped over into the next day.
You don't have to justify your appearance.
You don't have to justify your appearance.
Personally, I think it's a compliment. I mean, these days with the closing hours in London, if you had an all-nighter, good for you, mate. Share the recommendations.
Personally, I think it's a compliment. I mean, these days with the closing hours in London, if you had an all-nighter, good for you, mate. Share the recommendations.
So something we've been wrestling with here on Pod Save the UK is how much we should be engaging with the far-right rhetoric, bollocks, whatever you want to call it, and whether we should spend some time in a new facts versus fuckwits section, which would be designed to debunk the disinformation diarrhea.
So something we've been wrestling with here on Pod Save the UK is how much we should be engaging with the far-right rhetoric, bollocks, whatever you want to call it, and whether we should spend some time in a new facts versus fuckwits section, which would be designed to debunk the disinformation diarrhea.
Many of you do want us to be careful about giving too much attention to the disinformation. Catherine said, Ridley said, Ridley said,
Many of you do want us to be careful about giving too much attention to the disinformation. Catherine said, Ridley said, Ridley said,
So there's actually a helpful formula that we can all follow, says Israel. It's known as the truth sandwich. So step one, lead with the real story. Step two, highlight the problem. Maybe here you can do some myth busting. And step three, come back to the real story and what can be done.
So there's actually a helpful formula that we can all follow, says Israel. It's known as the truth sandwich. So step one, lead with the real story. Step two, highlight the problem. Maybe here you can do some myth busting. And step three, come back to the real story and what can be done.
In practice, I'm just thinking, what could it be? Okay, article says Bob Dylan's never made a bad song. Okay, so that's the story. Now, what's the problem? However, that article was written by Nish Kumar, who is famously a Bob Dylan evangelist and cannot see clearly on these things. So come back to the real story. Bob Dylan hasn't had a good album for many years.