Are politicians responsible for their own unsavoury supporters?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Tim Montgomerie is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Francis Elliott and Jenni Russell. Hugo Rifkind:Are politicians responsible for their own unsavory supporters? When opponents of Jeremy Corbyn are targeted with sexist or anti-semitic abuse on social media, is that really his fault? And, if not, does that also render Nigel Farage blameless when racists decide he’s speaking their language, or the SNP, when Cybernats bat for them? More worrying still, what if similar people - heaven forbid - should ever agree with us?Francis Elliott:The delay to the Iraq Inquiry report is clearly upsetting for the families of those killed in the war and is frustrating for the politicians. But when a mob unites David Cameron with Yvette Cooper it's hard not to feel queasy. Are we sure we are blaming the right person for the delay and for the right reasons? Jenni Russell:in the last month Edward Heath and Camila Batmanghelidjh have both been fatally damaged by vague and flimsy accusations. Phrases like sex abuse are now...

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1:00.0	Welcome to the Times Opinion Podcast. My name is Tim Montgomery and today I'm joined by two of our
1:07.2	columnist Hugo Rifkind and Jenny Russell and our political editor Francis Elliot. Here are our three topics.
1:15.0	Are politicians responsible for their own unsavory supporters?
1:20.0	When opponents of Jeremy Corbyn are targeted with sexist or anti-Semitic abuse on social media,
1:25.0	is that really his fault?
1:27.0	And if not, does that also render Nigel Farage blameless when racists decide he's speaking their language, or the SMP when Cybernats bat for them? homeless when
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