In case anyone is unaware of the background to the controversy… but let’s pause for a moment on the word “controversy”. That there should be a controversy, that anyone who is not a card-carrying Nazi should have thought for a nanosecond there was anything here to argue over, tells you exactly how deep and rotten a mess we are in. Mr West, in 2023, having promised to go “death con 3 On Jewish people”, appeared on a far-right podcast to praise Adolf Hitler. After which he recanted. He apologised to Jews, and asked for forgiveness. Then he did it again....