But I suppose I’d personally disagree with your dislike for the Mail – your “issue with the Mail isn’t politics, but truth” – as I would regard the idea of truth itself to be as political as anything – and perhaps the denial of its political status just emphasises the inescability of that. My objection to the Mail is entirely political.

This doesn’t mean that honesty and (at least an attempt at) objectivity are not things to be welcomed and supported in journalism, as you clearly indicate. However, can you imagine telling a more balanced version of the news to DM readers, instead of the outright lies they’re used to, and then them just believing it? The fact that the paper can sell so well is a testament to the profound and insidious nostalgia that’s been cultivated among its readers, and not their stupidity.

That these very fine features are here means they can be accessed for anyone looking for them. Anyway, to finish my participation here, I’ll add that in these sorts of matters I’m generally conservative and pessimistic, a stranger to novelty, and I’m more interested in talking about the issues than doing anything about them.