Episode 16: Misogyny is apparently more important than *gestures at the UK in flames*
When The Mail on Sunday (or as I like to refer to it, patterned toilet paper for the weekend) published its disgusting article about Angela Rayner I assumed- forgetting that the mail doesn't do morals- that they would rather quickly recant it and apologise on multiple fronts: one, for being misogynistic shitpipes who only seem to care about gutter press bottom line snarkery about opposition politicians and two, for the irony of dedicating an entire front page to explaining how the war thousands of miles away in Ukraine should take precedence over a prime minister who wilfully lied to parliament and the people over his inability to follow vital safety laws in lieu of birthday cake and leaving drinks.
The mail has now doubled down on its sexism- a mistake, because news has broken on twitter of (to the surprise of nobody with a frontal lobe) misogyny in the Tory Party.
My question is- why is the UK press more fascinated in jockey journalism written by fragile egos like Dan Hodges -who blocked me on twitter for laughing at him blaming Starmer's labour for the deficit caused by 12 years of tory fuckery, than actually doing the job of investigative journalists who hold corrupt and failing governments to account?
Hodges claims the article is for the freedom of the press: I posit that a free press might do more than write salacious articles about women daring to wear skirts in the presence of our most powerful representative.
Daviemoo is a 34 year old independent writer, radicalised into blogging about the political state of the world by Brexit and the election of serial failures like Trump and Johnson. Please check out the rest of the blog, check out Politically Enraged,the blog and share with your like minded friends! Also check him out on ko-fiwhere you can keep him caffeinated whilst he writes.
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