Mixing Peter Oborne and “Controversial” in the same sentence is simply a pleonasm. If this statement can appear as particularly shocking, the author is used to attack politics or journalists directly and publicly, that's also why he has been nicknamed, sarcasticly, Peter “O'Bore' by the satirical magazine Private Eye. He is a Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph columnist, author of The Rise of Political Lying and The Triumph of the Political Class. Oborne is particularly known for acerbic commentary on the hypocrisy and apparent mendacity of contemporary politicians. Oborne describes himself as a "regular Anglican churchgoer", you will understand why.
In September 2011, Oborne and Frances Weaver authored the pamphlet 'Guilty Men' for the Centre for Policy Studies. The report sought to identify the politicians, institutions and commentators who the authors felt had tried to take Britain into the European Single Currency and claims to expose the "often unscrupulous and vicious personal attacks" carried out by the Euro supporters. In this case, he decided to raise his voice against Tony Blair, in The Daily Telegraph, just one day after the end of the riots in England, in 2011. Through this statement, he strongly accuses Tony Blair. Tony Blair, who was not yet Prime Minister during évènemets, being the indirect cause of this fragmentation public, particularly rare in Britain, when compared to France or Spain, where such events is much more common, and rooted in morals. These scenes of violence in London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Salford, Wolverhampton, Nottingham and Leicester shocked public opinion. Peter Oborne decides attacking Blair, to "protect" somehow David Cameron governance at the time.
[...] They argue that communities with more than 20% of individuals in this age group run the greatest risk of more frequent and more intense political instability. They describe the phenomena a s t he "youth bul ge t heory", w here t he " bulge" r efers t o t he f attening of t he population pyramid just before the base of the youngest age groups. Beyond this factual framework showing the dynamic interactions that led to the initiation and intensification of t he r iots, i t is i mportant to t ake i nto a ccount ot her c ontextual f actors. [...]
[...] The causes of the 2011 England riots both immediate and long term have been the subject of media an d ac ademic d ebate. S everal s peculations h ave em erged as t o w hat t he l ikely contributory factors m ight be f or t he r iots; f rom socio-economic causes f ocusing o n unemployment and s pending c uts, as w ell a s social me dia, gang c ulture and c riminal opportunism. [...]
[...] S uch a crime s eemed ex cusable i n l ight o f t he p erceived injustice o f British society, and unconsciousness and the hypocrisy of its political and economic elites. For many young people, objectives considered for granted by many people, such as finding a job or g oing t o c ollege seemed out of r each. T hey t hought t hey were t he f irst vi ctims of budget cuts caused b y i rresponsible bankers who had enriched themselves at the expense of others: " There i s a doubl e s tandard in te rms o f mo rality," a nd f elt b itterly h igher f ees a nd withdrawal of the Educational Maintenance Allowance. [...]
[...] alludes to what policies Oborne here? As a first step we will make a chronology of the riots, and the seven days that have plunged England into chaos. Then we focus on the policies of Tony Blair Peter Oborne referred. Between 6 a nd 10 A ugust 2011, s everal London bor oughs and di stricts of c ities a nd t owns across E ngland s uffered w idespread rioting,looting and arson where t housands t ook t o t he streets. [...]
[...] British Policy The rioters who have ramaged through the streets of Britain over the past seven days were the Children of Tony Blair. Many of them were born under Tony Blair. They went to school under Tony Blair; they learnt their system of savage values and greed under Tony Blair. They are the product of the policies of Tony Blair” Peter Oborne August 2011. Mixing Peter Oborne and “Controversial” in the same sentence is simply a pleonasm. If this statement can ap pear as p articularly s hocking, t he au thor i s u sed t o at tack p olitics o r journalists d irectly an d publicly, t hat's al so w hy he h as b een n icknamed, s arcasticly, P eter “O'Bore' b y t he s atirical m agazine Private Eye. [...]
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