Johnson: bang to rights

But we have been told again and again on GN that reading the tabloids is perfectly fine and honorable. I saw the other day a page with the pure racist vitriol of front pages from the DM over a period of time, it is struly sickening. And it must have an influence on perception, for many people.

Unfortunately the billionaire owners of these tabloids see it as in their interest to pursue a populist agenda.

That means stirring up hate. The readers have to hate some group of people to blame for their poverty and powerlessness.

The villains may change from time to time but foreigners are always good, especially assylum seekers, especially those who arrive on small boats.

Striking workers are also good villains, being manipulated by the Trade Union Barons.

Then of course there are benefit claimants - lazy workshy scroungers the lot of them.

They do ring the changes from time to time but there is always someone, or some group to blame for everything, except of course the people in charge - the corrupt and incompetent Tory Government