Spectator apologises for leftie trickery

[SPLINE]

'Hope Not Hate' is an organisation that uses various dirty tricks to try to incriminate Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage and others.

The Spectator stated that one of HNHs "journalists" used a fake passport to deceive and gain the trust of intended targets. The Spectator has now apologised because it turns out that the passport was technically not fake.

What actually happened is that the "journalist" (Harry Shukman) had changed his name by deed poll and obtained the passport under his new name, which is perfectly legal. He then went on to use this to deceive and gain the trust of intended targets before eventually changing his name by a second deed poll, back to his original name.

You couldn't make it up.

An apology to Hope Not Hate and Harry Shukman

In August, The Spectator began to investigate allegations that Harry Shukman, a 33-year-old freelance journalist, had used a fake British passport as part of a two-year undercover investigation into the far-right in Britain which was sponsored by Hope Not Hate. We published an article about this...

www.spectator.co.uk

 

[Odds]

Poor ol' Spode seems a tad confused this morning.

The Spectator is a politically conservative British weekly magazine, known as the world's oldest surviving magazine, focusing on politics and culture.

Too much booze, not enough sleep.

 

[Notch7]

'Hope Not Hate' is an organisation that uses various dirty tricks to try to incriminate Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage and others.

The Spectator stated that one of HNHs "journalists" used a fake passport to deceive and gain the trust of intended targets. The Spectator has now apologised because it turns out that the passport was technically not fake.

What actually happened is that the "journalist" (Harry Shukman) had changed his name by deed poll and obtained the passport under his new name, which is perfectly legal. He then went on to use this to deceive and gain the trust of intended targets before eventually changing his name by a second deed poll, back to his original name.

You couldn't make it up.

An apology to Hope Not Hate and Harry Shukman

In August, The Spectator began to investigate allegations that Harry Shukman, a 33-year-old freelance journalist, had used a fake British passport as part of a two-year undercover investigation into the far-right in Britain which was sponsored by Hope Not Hate. We published an article about this...

www.spectator.co.uk

SPLINE does this remind of yourself:

“But what really stood out to Shukman: the pervasive loneliness of members from all different groups, who often worked "dull, unfulfilling jobs" and spent their nights listening to fascist livestreams. “

It seems to describe people like Spline and Aveatry very well

He Infiltrated the UK's Extremist Fringe

Journalist Harry Shukman went undercover for a year

www.newser.com