Jacob Rees-Mogg’s recent attack on a HuffPost journalist for merely doing his job is part of a worrying, bullying trend
It may not be the first thing people remember about Dominic Cummings and his 264-mile trip to Barnard Castle, but the government’s initial response was to condemn the reports published by the Guardian and the Mirror as “fake news” put about by charlatans, or “campaigning newspapers”. A while later the prime minister’s senior adviser made his infamous non-apology explanation for the trip in front of the press in the Downing Street Rose Garden, confirming the story was actually true.
Almost a year later, you could be forgiven for thinking that times have changed. Not only are we no longer in the dark days of the first lockdown, when Donald Trump was US president and his ability to call the truth lies still admired by many of the world’s politicians, including our own – but the acrimonious reign of Cummings has come to an end, too.
