Wednesday, April 10, 2002

The only good reason for having a weblog is to store things easily, especially silly quotes from right-wingers. For example I now can't remember the exact words Simon Heffer used in the Daily Mail when he said smoking cannabis is an affront to society no less than throwing acid in a person's face nor Clarissa Dickson-Wright's comments in the Scottish Sunday Times when she said that if fox hunting were banned the next step would be the ovens (sadly having no record of it in print or on the internet makes many people disbelieve she actually said it. But she did. More than once. And something about this not being disrespectful as some of her relatives died in the ovens). Anyway, here is this week's right-wing quote from the Daily Telegraph.

Dear Sir,

Oh how every pair of feet respectfully passing the coffin must stick in the craw of those social commentartors who spitefully forecast the demise of the Monarchy at the death of the Queen Mother. What joy to imagine the organic yogurt being spilt in shock on the tabletops of Islington as the hourly bulletins told of ever lengthening queues. Memoranda to Alastair Campbell, Polly Toynbee and all the socialists at the BBC - stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

Richard Miller
Cambridge