The Spectator

Letters | 8 June 2017

Also: Corbyn’s ‘principles’; Museum of apologism; care for the elderly; newts; Noakes

issue 10 June 2017

Terrorists’ guilt

Sir: A small contribution to the psychological war: when the next atrocity happens, could the BBC and other reputable news media please say that the Isis thugs have ‘admitted their guilt’ in respect of the murders rather than ‘claimed responsibility’ for them? The latter makes it sound like they might be expected to win a prize.

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