On Harriet Gilbert's Books program, Baddiel claimed that calling Peter Mandelson "demonic" Archived Message
Posted by Morrissey on February 12, 2020, 10:43 am, in reply to "Re: HMD"
was, per se, anti-Semitic. Harriet Gilbert did not laugh or even demur slightly; instead she pretended that Baddiel had just said something truthful and profound. The other person in the studio that evening, one Jonathan Freedland, also voiced his support for Baddiel's words.