{"id":54543,"date":"2020-12-13T16:59:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T16:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=54543"},"modified":"2020-12-13T17:00:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T17:00:53","slug":"the-war-of-hate-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2020\/12\/13\/the-war-of-hate-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"The war of hate has begun"},"content":{"rendered":"

I admit that I do not spend a great deal of time looking at the musing of ex-Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie on Twitter. This, however, was drawn to my attention<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The war of Brexit hate is growing. Apparently, they are now Nazis. I take personal offence at that. My grandfather - who was Irish - died as a result of his service in the Royal Navy in World War II. He was 45 when he died. His was a service of choice. How dare he offer such ungrounded abuse?<\/p>\n

And maybe worse, this seems to me to incite racial tension. A stereotypical racist attack has been raised on the basis of a falsehood. I have reported the tweet to Twitter. I will be watching carefully to see what action they take.<\/p>\n

And if there is any doubt that he is trying to incite racial tension, I add these as evidence:<\/p>\n

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These are disgusting, and again all too obviously intended to incite racial tension. As is this:<\/p>\n

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I am sickened by all these tweets, and no doubt they are far from the most offensive on Twitter.<\/p>\n

What are we coming to?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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