The Brass Eye episode on war “IT’S WAR!” distilled the media’s readiness for deployment on state manoeuvres.
It’s an easy sell: nationalism as a proxy for self-esteem, the opportunity to focus resources in (near) the action, distraction from the domestic drudgery and thorny nuance.
It’s perfect for tin-pot wannabe leaders, Johnson a prime example, to appear brave and adopt abstract principles that require none of the hard work of policy detail or operating the levers of state.
It didn’t tale very long for the massed ranks of the Internet to observe that when danger – in the form of a breakfast TV reporter – reared its ugly head, brave brave Sir Boris bravely ran away and hid in a fridge.
Great piece, Matt.
The Brass Eye episode on war “IT’S WAR!” distilled the media’s readiness for deployment on state manoeuvres.
It’s an easy sell: nationalism as a proxy for self-esteem, the opportunity to focus resources in (near) the action, distraction from the domestic drudgery and thorny nuance.
It’s perfect for tin-pot wannabe leaders, Johnson a prime example, to appear brave and adopt abstract principles that require none of the hard work of policy detail or operating the levers of state.
Powerful stuff Matt
It didn’t tale very long for the massed ranks of the Internet to observe that when danger – in the form of a breakfast TV reporter – reared its ugly head, brave brave Sir Boris bravely ran away and hid in a fridge.