Aaronovitch Watch had another post on a typically dreadful Nick Cohen column, which inspired commenter Phil to the following comment, the “decent left” as the Self-Righteous Brothers:
I’ve got nothing against middle-class leftists. I admire their grasp of world affairs, to say nothing of their many stands on issues of principle. But if I thought that those middle-class leftists were cruelly exploiting some poor little refugee girl – if I thought they were refusing her a decent wage and confining her to her room and beating her – then I would have no hesitation in saying, OI! MIDDLE-CLASS LEFTISTS! NO!