Monday, March 22, 2004
Burchill grovels to Galloway... posted by Richard Seymour
After some sniggering comments from Harry's Place and Crooked Timber about Galloway's legal threats over Julie Burchill's smear, it is gratifying to see Burchill prostrate herself thus:"George Galloway, MP
I owe George Galloway an apology. In my column last week, by confusing him with someone else, I wrongly accused him of breaking into an ex-girlfriend's flat, smashing it up and spitefully stealing some knickers. These accusations were entirely untrue and the ungracious comments I made about R.E.S.P.E.C.T., the new political party for which George Galloway will be a candidate in the European elections in June, were therefore totally inappropriate. I regret these errors and am really sorry for any embarrassment or offence caused."
I wonder if Julie would care to take back her comments regarding to fabulousness of Serb "socialism" during the Balkans war?
"[T]he Nazis did not put Jews on the train to Israel, as the Serbs are now putting ethnic Albanian Kosovars on the train to Albania" (Julie Burchill, Guardian, April 10, 1999).
I'm taking bets on this now...
1:25:00 pm |
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