Tag: the spectator
GE2019: Predatory, Poisonous, Vacuous. To Understand Boris Johnson Start With the Spectator
by Aaron Bastani
The Spectator, like Johnson, reveals much that is wrong with British politics, argues Aaron Bastani. Elite capture by the billionaire class; the disintegration of any barrier, and thus accountability, between media and politics; the evacuation of any core values beyond opportunism and self-enrichment; a predatory disposition to the public at large.