I was actually revelling in my having not read the article yet making offensive comments about the man. I consider it training for old age, when its alright to read the Daily Mail and be obnoxious.
No doubt the "cravat-wearing, champagne-quaffing, public school educated libertarian socialists at the Guardian see him as a hero of our time fighting the forces of repression."
No you're right, no one reads the Guardian these days.