Is the Tory press now a danger to the Tory party?

Despite cable TV, streaming services and social media providing 1001 distractions, the Tory press charges on like an old, angry bull, its rage undiminished by the losses the technological revolution has inflicted on its readership and finances.

You can fool yourself today that its power is back to its 20^th century peak. The police had investigated Keir Starmer’s Durham campaign event and found he and his colleagues had broken no Covid rules. But day after day the Daily Mail, the Sun and the Daily Express hammered away at the story – fake or otherwise – and the cops felt they had no choice but to reopen the inquiry.

I could go on about the Tory press’s double standards and its bootlicking of the ruling clique. The contempt of journalists for their own trade, which allows them to become a private arm of the government propaganda service, and their contempt for their readers. One minute it tells them not to worry about the multiple and proven charges against Boris Johnson because ‘THERE’S A WAR ON!’, the next to forget about Ukraine and look at scores of articles about an unproven accusation instead.