Louise Mensch thinks Charlie Hebdo was one person

Former Tory MP believes strongly that "his" work should be celebrated.

Never let it be said that Louise Mensch lets ignorance get in the way of having opinions:

The response to #CharlieHebdo should be to reprint his work and spread it wider than his killers could have thought possible

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) January 7, 2015

(to those critiquing my ‘his’ in Charlie Hebdo I am referring to the cartoonist, as well as magazine. Cartoons seem v similar to me.

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) January 7, 2015

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I assume one man drew cartoons and others worked on the mag to print them. I support all of their free expression and have RTed *his* work

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) January 7, 2015

(Note to readers: Charlie Hebdo means “Charlie Weekly”; “Charlie” because the magazine was briefly banned in 1970 while printed under the name Hara-Kiri Hebdo for satirising the death of Charles de Gaulle. Changing the name was a way to both sidestep the ban and stick two fingers up at the French political establishment.)