It's Stupid To Have A Simple-minded View.

I Hate The Word 'sneering', I Can't Help The Way My Face Looks.

It Seems To Me That The Way To Remove People's Cynicism Is, When Asked A Straight Question, To Give A Straight Answer.

Ones Teachers All Belonged To That Generation Who Were Imperialists, And The Whole Narrative Throughout My Adolescence Was Of Countries Leaving The Empire. I Find It Extraordinary That This Purpose Which Drove How We Viewed The World Is Now Considered To Be Something That Has No Effect Upon Us.

It Would Be Unforgivable To Use The Role I Have, Such As It Is, To Inflict My Incoherent, Half-baked View Of The World On People. That Would Be Illegitimate And Unacceptable And I Should Be Fired.

Scepticism Is A Necessary And Vital Part Of The Journalist's Toolkit. But When Scepticism Becomes Cynicism It Can Close Off Thought And Block The Search For Truth.