So I was just cruising through RASFF to get a feel of its recent feel and I could not resist looking at a thread named "Rasff is no fun any more", where I find this from Bilek on April 12:

"RASFF was always pretty partisan and mean spirited. Not as petty,
though. Nor as bloody mindedly dedicated to politics as often. But
if you don't remember a lot of vicious partisanship you haven't been
reading long enough.

Patrick, Avedon, Ulrika, etc could get downright NASTY."

It All Comes Back To Me Now... The "vicious partisanship" of this remark is pretty astonishing.

Right. Well. There's some of my renewed interest drained away.