I promised myself that when What’s Left was published I would become a proper blogger and fisk the reviews. But after a close reading of this one, I’ve decided that no fisking is necessary.
A man with a score to settle
REVIEWED BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
WHAT’S LEFT? How the Liberals Lost Their Way
by Nick Cohen
Fourth Estate £12.99 pp296
It is not until quite near the end of this mordant and instructive polemic that Nick Cohen comes right out with his own confession: “My instant reaction to the 9/11 attacks was that they were a nuisance that got in the way of more pressing concerns. Throughout the 1990s, I had been writing about the overweening power of big business and how it could corrupt democratic governments. I had lambasted new Labour for its love of conservative crime policies and attacks on civil liberties for years. Attacking Tony Blair was…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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