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Hadley Freeman leaves her Guardian column

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ArabellaScott · 18/09/2021 11:33

I can completely understand this, but it is sad to see how the Guardian has become so diminished in the past few years.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/18/opinion-writing-has-changed-a-lot-since-i-started-out-its-time-for-something-new?fbclid=IwAR2otpLMDz7GHEZ3NL0mbOcIhUFGmOZOaOUj_1mNqAo4GiQ4HMlmLbF7LjY

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KimikosNightmare · 18/09/2021 11:56

I could blame Brexit for this – a difference of opinion that pretty much broke this country

Did it ? I was a Remainer and I'm sure Freeman was too. I do get a little tired of the dramas Remainers come up with. ( and was extremely amused that Johnson was correct in not joining the EU vaccination scheme)

Floisme · 18/09/2021 11:48

Very clever piece of writing, as usual from Hadley - hands some people their arses without mentioning them by name. I thought it spoke volumes that she doesn't thank her current editor, as is customary on these occasions, but gives a shout out to Seamus Milne, despite their many disagreements.

I think the Guardian is discontinuing the Weekend section so the decision was possibly forced on her. I'll continue to follow her interviews, which are superb, and I hope someone else snaps her up soon.

I agree with her about combat trousers too.

ArabellaScott · 18/09/2021 11:35

'where once people could argue with one another and then go out for a drink, now it feels as if people just argue. A difference of opinion becomes a seismic breaking of alliances, and certain subjects are verboten in social situations'

She makes a point about how polarised and moralising debate has become that is astute and - I think - worrying.

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