Will Davies

will-davies.bsky.social

06 August 2026 14:28

I think punk was basically politically fine until any of its participants got on the property ladder, a path which leads directly to Julie Birchall

Will Davies

will-davies.bsky.social

06 August 2026 14:28

You could say the same for the RCP/Spiked, but there is at least some attempt at a coherent philosophy of 'Enlightenment' there, in which the Left ends up positioned as the latest enemy of 'Reason'. With Liddle it was more a case of lighting his own farts.

Will Davies

will-davies.bsky.social

06 August 2026 14:28

The Rod Liddle biography suggests a certain post-1968 'type' who was just idiotically drawn to norm-breaching, moving via adolescent rebellion, punk, revolutionary socialism, and eventually ending up at racism, because by the 21st century that was the most efficient transgression still on offer

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