The British Political-Media Class’s Mainstreaming of the Populist Radical-Right

The British Political-Media Class’s Mainstreaming of the Populist Radical-Right

Photo: AlamyLast year, the BBC received a complaint from Richard Tice, then Leader of Reform UK, that an article in one of its news reports had referred to his party as “far-right”, which he argued was “defamatory and libellous”. The corporation immediately apologised and removed the offending sentence. Tice also claimed that his lawyers had warned other media organisations from describing his party in these terms.As a presenter on GB News, Tice…