Why did so many luvvies fall for el-Fattah? |
It is not only our hapless Prime Minister who supported the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah from an Egyptian prison, with the PM on Friday saying he was ‘delighted’ to be able to welcome him to Britain. Our luvvie community have also long campaigned for el-Fattah’s freedom.
A lengthy list of actors – including Stephen Fry, Olivia Colman, Dame Judi Dench, Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy, Neil Gaiman and Brian Cox – praised el-Fattah and called for his release from the Egyptian jail where he languished for more than ten years for criticising the authoritarian regime of President Sisi.
Luvvies can almost always be relied upon to make public pronouncements of quite staggeringly naive foolishness when it comes to judging a nasty piece of work like el-Fattah
Admittedly, their protests against........