• Disrupting Power Since 2015
  • Donate
  • Login
Monday, May 12, 2025
  • Login
  • Register
Canary
MEDIA THAT DISRUPTS
  • News
    • UK
    • Global
    • Analysis
    • Trending
  • Editorial
  • Features
    • Features
    • Environment
    • Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Money
    • Science
    • Business
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Sport & Gaming
  • Media
    • Video
    • Cartoons
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
MANAGE SUBSCRIPTION
SUPPORT
  • News
    • UK
    • Global
    • Analysis
    • Trending
  • Editorial
  • Features
    • Features
    • Environment
    • Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Money
    • Science
    • Business
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Sport & Gaming
  • Media
    • Video
    • Cartoons
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
Canary
No Result
View All Result

You should probably avoid looking at the front pages of UK newspapers today. It’s embarrassing [IMAGES]

Kerry-Anne Mendoza by Kerry-Anne Mendoza
19 June 2022
in UK
Reading Time: 3 mins read
170 2
A A
0
Home UK
319
SHARES
2.5k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Walking past newspaper stands in Britain this morning, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d wandered accidentally into North Korea. Or A N Other state renowned for a supine media worshipping its glorious leader for that matter. So before you stroll through this shambles, remember: you were warned. We’ve selected the worst three of the bunch from today’s UK newspapers.

The Times

Coming in first is the Murdoch-owned Times. Apparently, if Europe doesn’t capitulate to the demands of Theresa May, it’s going to get ‘crushed’. May’s threat actually amounts to: Give us a good deal or we’ll turn ourselves into a tax haven. Never mind all those promises of increased sovereignty, holding corporations to account, and increased funding for public services. May’s entire plan hinges on bribing corporations to stay in Britain by cutting their taxes. And that will mean either less money for public services, or more money for them coming from you to make up the difference. The only person getting crushed in all this is the UK taxpayer.

The Daily Mail

In close second, those hairy-knuckled louts at The Daily Mail. Kim Jong-un has received less flattering headlines from the North Korea Times, and they literally think he is a God.

Invoking the inglorious memory of Mrs Thatcher, The Mail even cutesifies Prime Minister Theresa May with her own cartoon.  You can almost hear them cry:

Look how she swings her handbag of doom into every pillar of social democracy! See how they fall like skittles! Privacy, workers’ rights, the NHS, education, the welfare system… Bwahahahaha!

The Guardian

In third place, The Guardian. A paper that positions itself as the liberal voice of the UK media, but which somehow manages to back every war, piece of regressive legislation, and attack on any politician who might actually change it. They might have avoided the caps lock and the cartoons, but The Guardian adopts an identical position: May got tough with the EU. Tough is good.

Beyond UK newspapers, the story was quite different

But if the shame of sharing an island with the people behind these front pages was not deep enough, it’s worth a look at how international media viewed May’s ultimatum. It seems best summed up by German newspaper Die Welt.

So lonely pic.twitter.com/iBs7zUbWzc

— WELT KOMPAKT (@weltkompakt) January 17, 2017

In short, force is not the same as power. Until Britain has a government that leads with compassion and dignity at home and abroad, we will continue to slide into irrelevance. Within Europe, or without it.

Get Involved!

Play your part in the ongoing media revolution by reading and supporting new media organisations that do better.

Please add more that you like in the comments.

The Canary, Media Diversified, Novara Media, Corporate Watch, Common Space, Media Lens, Bella Caledonia, Vox Political, Evolve Politics, Real Media, Reel News, STRIKE! magazine, The Bristol Cable, Manchester Mule, Salford Star

Featured image via Geograph

Share128Tweet80
Previous Post

Theresa May sets out her plans for a ‘fantasy’ Brexit

Next Post

Chelsea Manning will finally be set free, but she should never have been locked up in the first place [OPINION]

Next Post
Chelsea Manning

Chelsea Manning will finally be set free, but she should never have been locked up in the first place [OPINION]

Six months after the killing of Jo Cox, Britain First calls on supporters to strike again [VIDEO]

Six months after the killing of Jo Cox, Britain First calls on supporters to strike again [VIDEO]

Boris Johnson Union Jack

Bumbling Boris has done it again - and this time the whole of Europe is p*ssed at him [TWEETS]

Obama’s final week has revealed a legacy even murkier than the Bush era

Obama's final week has revealed a legacy even murkier than the Bush era

Paul Nuttall UKIP

A failed UKIP MP threatens unelected Lords, showing the sorry state of British democracy [OPINION]

UN experts say Israel has 'criminal responsibility' for 'genocidal conduct'
Analysis

UN experts have now accused Israel of ‘genocidal conduct’ in Gaza

by Maryam Jameela
12 May 2025
A new petition calls for mandatory training for education staff on neurodivergence
News

A new petition calls for mandatory training for education staff on neurodivergence

by The Canary
12 May 2025
Retrofit For the Future campaign is taking its demands to the heart of government
News

Retrofit For the Future campaign is taking its demands to the heart of government

by Hannah Sharland
12 May 2025
DWP PIP cuts will hit over one million people aged 50 and over
Analysis

DWP PIP cuts will hit one million people aged 50 and over, new FOI reveals

by Steve Topple
11 May 2025
Fire at Moss Landing Battery site, CA North Yorkshire
Analysis

North Yorkshire battery site sparks fury – but is there an alternative?

by HG
11 May 2025
  • Contact
  • About & FAQ
  • Get our Daily News Email
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy

The Canary
PO Box 71199
LONDON
SE20 9EX

Canary Media Ltd – registered in England. Company registration number 09788095.

For guest posting, contact [email protected]

For other enquiries, contact: [email protected]

The Canary is owned and run by independent journalists and volunteers, NOT offshore billionaires.

You can write for us, or support us by making a regular or one-off donation.

© Canary Media Ltd 2024, all rights reserved | Website by Monster | Hosted by Krystal | Privacy Settings

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • UK
    • Global
    • Analysis
    • Trending
  • Editorial
  • Features
    • Features
    • Environment
    • Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Money
    • Science
    • Business
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Sport & Gaming
  • Media
    • Video
    • Cartoons
  • Opinion

© 2023 Canary - Worker's co-op.

Before you go, have you seen...?

UN experts say Israel has 'criminal responsibility' for 'genocidal conduct'
Analysis
Maryam Jameela

UN experts have now accused Israel of ‘genocidal conduct’ in Gaza

A new petition calls for mandatory training for education staff on neurodivergence
News
The Canary

A new petition calls for mandatory training for education staff on neurodivergence

Retrofit For the Future campaign is taking its demands to the heart of government
News
Hannah Sharland

Retrofit For the Future campaign is taking its demands to the heart of government

DWP PIP cuts will hit over one million people aged 50 and over
Analysis
Steve Topple

DWP PIP cuts will hit one million people aged 50 and over, new FOI reveals

ADVERTISEMENT
Lifestyle
Nathan Spears

Why More People Are Seeking Legal Advice When Separating

Travel
Nathan Spears

Hungary Vignette Adventures: Discovering Hidden Gems by Car

How Social Media Affects the Mental Health of Young Adults Today
Tech
The Canary

How Social Media Affects the Mental Health of Young Adults Today