fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours agoA desperate, opportunist press and vicious politicians: no wonder the debate on refugees is so awful | Jane Martinson
Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council, tells me of toxic coverage with real-life consequences. The mainstream media and political opinion is in a very different place than it was a year ago. Now there's an idea that everyone coming here is a potential sexual predator, a potential criminal. Sections of the press have long delighted in stories of division and outrage rather than nuance and debate.
UK politics