Something strange has happened. A disturbance in the force.
The Daily Mail . . . likes someone?
We know, it’s eerie.
This morning, the paper has responded to news that older people will be expected to pay more for their care – something it had previously attacked as a “death tax” – by rejoicing that: “EVERYONE can defer care bill – and keep £100k assets”.
And when the Conservatives announced action on energy bills – previously decried by the paper as likely to “make the lights go out” – it was welcomed as a “crackdown on energy rip-offs”. As Ed Miliband’s former adviser tweeted:
Daily Mail headline no.1: when Ed Miliband wanted to cap energy price rises
Daily Mail headline no.2: when Theresa May wants to do the same pic.twitter.com/DpoXZ5Fh3m
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This got the Mole wondering. How would other policies through history have been reported by the Daily Mail had they been announced by Theresa May? Here are a few suggestions:
Logan’s Run
MAY’S BIG IDEA TO CUT CARE BILLS
The Black Death
MAY: I’LL MAKE IT EASIER TO GET ON THE PROPERTY LADDER
French Revolution
MAY’S CAKE FOR ALL
Soviet show trials
MAY SWEEPS AWAY EU-LOVING JUDGES
Mary I’s loss of Calais
FINALLY, WE’RE OUT OF EUROPE
The 1696 window tax
MAY: I’LL HELP FAMILIES SAVE ON SUNCREAM
The Puritan abolition of Christmas
MAY’S PRODUCTIVITY BOOST
MAY’S TURKEY REPRIEVE
MAY SAVES FAMILIES THOUSANDS ON NEEDLESS FOOT SPAS
Collective farming
MAY TO TACKLE OBESITY CRISIS
The cultural revolution
SPARROWS WERE OVER-RATED ANYWAY
King Herod’s slaughter of male babies
MAY EASES PRESSURE ON SCHOOL PLACES
MAY’S BOOST FOR GIRLS’ CHANCES IN STEM SUBJECTS
Death of the Princes in the Tower
MAY ENSURES STRONG, STABLE GOVERNMENT
Molotov-Ribbentrop pact
MAY’S NEW SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
Opium Wars
AT LAST, A SENSIBLE CONVERSATION ON DRUGS
Roman withdrawal of legions in AD410
FINALLY, EUROPE IS OUT OF US
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