Could it be that British politics is slipping into some post-satire phase of confusion and condemnation?
The second full week of the 2024 election campaign was definitely beyond satire – and will probably be remembered for three things.
First and foremost, this was the week Rishi Sunak went populist. His claim that Labour’s tax plans would cost households £2,000 in tax was a form of fake news. There was never any intention to be truthful about this figure, it was merely a device for forging a simple mental association between the words “tax” and “Labour”.
