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Kelvin McKenzie, what a despicable arsehole.

Things like this dont happen in a vacuum. The latest episode of News Agents has an interview with John Bercow who spent a good few minutes explaining his roots in the Monday Club, a white supremacist Tory lobbying group who supported Apartheid and was set up by Enoch Powell.

I dont think the Sun is quite the same organisation today, but it helps to see the journey. McKenzie was a regular political commentator until fairly recently and his legacy was in the news this week: Hillsborough.

They should paint it on his grave when he dies and rots in hell

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[–] DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

He turned down an OBE, I will always respect him for that. RIP Benjamin