I can't argue with any of these. Sopel and Toynbee deserve a roasting, for smugness alone let alone the rest. I pity Marriot he is so talentless, he must have the worst case of imposter syndrome. Sad to see Coren slipping down the rankings, I'm sure he's got a comeback in him though. I didn't even bother to read the whole of even the, admittedly short, sample of Toby Young's work (exactly zero amount of effort expended).
Very amusing if grim. James Marriott tries way to hard to be clever to the point where he loses one in a kind of idiom soup. I used to think maybe I just wasn't very bright until I saw many readers complain about the same thing. Think he's tried to tone it down a bit. Surprised Melanie Phillips did not make it onto your list!
Enjoyed that in a grim way! Toynbee gets worse all the time. I think I was aware of most of these at the time, thanks to your prompt excoriations, but I had missed the truly awful Syed piece. Rational sadist is the perfect descriptor. Looking forward (if from behind the sofa) to the crowning horrors in your part 3.
I can't argue with any of these. Sopel and Toynbee deserve a roasting, for smugness alone let alone the rest. I pity Marriot he is so talentless, he must have the worst case of imposter syndrome. Sad to see Coren slipping down the rankings, I'm sure he's got a comeback in him though. I didn't even bother to read the whole of even the, admittedly short, sample of Toby Young's work (exactly zero amount of effort expended).
Reducing the amount of time you spend reading Toby Young in your life is good; the goal is to reach Net Zero Toby.
Syed & Sons
PR advice to despots. POA
Very amusing if grim. James Marriott tries way to hard to be clever to the point where he loses one in a kind of idiom soup. I used to think maybe I just wasn't very bright until I saw many readers complain about the same thing. Think he's tried to tone it down a bit. Surprised Melanie Phillips did not make it onto your list!
Enjoyed that in a grim way! Toynbee gets worse all the time. I think I was aware of most of these at the time, thanks to your prompt excoriations, but I had missed the truly awful Syed piece. Rational sadist is the perfect descriptor. Looking forward (if from behind the sofa) to the crowning horrors in your part 3.
Enjoying it in a grim way is precisely what I'm going for.