Nobody’s surprised at Quentin Letts’ bad take on Robert Mugabe – 17 favourite slapdowns
Robert Mugabe, a man who presided over decades of murder and torture of opponents, has died aged 95, two years after being ousted as President of Zimbabwe. Reports of his death, at least in the British and Irish media, have avoided eulogising him, but there’s always that person …and it’s often right-wing columnist, Quentin Letts.
Mugabe was a bad man yet he helped win his country independence. As we have learned here this week, that's never easy.
— Quentin Letts (@thequentinletts) September 6, 2019
Factually correct, tonally a disaster area. Here’s how people have reacted to the odd take.
1.
Hannibal Lecter was a bad man yet loyally supported the fava bean industry. As we have learned this week, that’s never easy. https://t.co/lFXR1fVhPO
— rufus jones (@rufusjones1) September 6, 2019
2.
Are you absolutely sure you want to spend this morning leaping to the defence of Robert Mugabe?
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 6, 2019
3.
Wait, are you trying to compare Mugabe and Johnson…. in a * positive way*?
Aha. Ha. Ha ha ha.
— quitedo (@q1t3d0) September 6, 2019
4.
Imagine being the editor of a national newspaper and deciding to pay six figures plus for insights like this https://t.co/JhAbJwmbJM
— Alan White (@aljwhite) September 6, 2019
5.
Please, my take, it's so h o t https://t.co/gFs19KCdot
— SheRa Marley-Threepwood (@SheRa_Marley) September 6, 2019
6.
Robert Mugabe. Brutal dictator. Wrecked his country. Drove his people to starvation. Locked up his opponents.
But he believed in sovereignty! https://t.co/YGKFOSwIRZ
— Otto English (@Otto_English) September 6, 2019
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‘Say what you like about Harold Shipman, but he was fantastic at handing out prescriptions’ https://t.co/bPh4Df8Isq
— Dave Lee (@davelee1968) September 6, 2019
8.
Right, who had Quentin Letts in the sweepstake?
— Seb Patrick (@sebpatrick) September 6, 2019