The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #171879   Message #4168010
Posted By: DMcG
20-Mar-23 - 05:13 AM
Thread Name: BS: Brexit & other UK political topics - 2
Subject: RE: BS: Brexit & other UK political topics - 2
Over the last few weeks, it has seemed to me that "The Independent" has moved a lot closer to the tabloids than it used to be. The headline that struck me this morning was

EU judges ‘close to backing down’ on blocking Rwanda flights as Braverman hails ‘constructive talks’

Those quotation marks around "close to backing down" would normally imply it is a direct quotation from some spokesman, but the rest of the article does not make that claim. Even the actual quotation given ("A government source said that if implemented, the reforms “would remove a key barrier to getting flights off the ground”) does not talk of the EU backing down, but more of a joint agreement, whereas 'backing down' suggests the UK has got everything it wanted at no cost, and the EU has lost but not gained anything.

(For a long time now, other tabloid staples with articles like "15 films with an unexpected twist" have been in place, but you can at least ignore that fluff.)