[visage]

They're basically complaining that BAME Tories aren't behaving how The Canary thinks they should behave.

They might as well go the whole hog and call them Uncle Tom's, or coconuts.

It's disgusting.

[Tubby Isaacs]

The centrism there comes from the Daily Telegraph.

[youngian]

What’s an ‘independent journalist’ in this context?

[crabcakes_windermere]

They're basically complaining that BAME Tories aren't behaving how The Canary thinks they should behave.

They might as well go the whole hog and call them Uncle Tom's, or coconuts.

It's disgusting.

It also absolves them of responsibility for their own self-serving shitty behaviour. Patel and Cleverley aren't just being selfish, awful arseholes because Boris tells them to. They're selfish, awful arseholes in their own right.

[Abernathy]

What’s an ‘independent journalist’ in this context?

"Are you a complete cunt who basically lives on Planet Corbyn? "

[visage]

What’s an ‘independent journalist’ in this context?

Independent from any notion of rational or objective thought or basic journalistic ethics, I think.

[davidjay]

And on it goes.

[Arrowhead]

Christ, she really is dreadful, isn’t she? And why on earth has she suddenly got it in for Owen Jones of all people? What a weird, random target to pick out right now.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Christ, she really is dreadful, isn’t she? And why on earth has she suddenly got it in for Owen Jones of all people? What a weird, random target to pick out right now.

He's the wrong sort of leftist.

[Tubby Isaacs]

This is the background.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Can't fault him on that.

[youngian]

Owen Jones isn't leaving a sinking ship but a wreck at the bottom of the ocean. He'll be accused of being a sell-out trying to remain relevant. Or just a party man on the left moving on.