{"id":88217,"date":"2025-12-05T08:31:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=88217"},"modified":"2025-12-05T08:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:31:47","slug":"the-national-speaking-truth-to-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/12\/05\/the-national-speaking-truth-to-power\/","title":{"rendered":"The National: speaking truth to power"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am proud to write for a newspaper - The National - that puts this on its front page.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Most of the media is ignoring the continuing devastation being perpetrated in Gaza by Israel.<\/p>\n

Much of it mindlessly reproduces press statements from the Israeli government, which are intended to be deliberately misleading.<\/p>\n

The National does not do that. Under the leadership of its exceptional editor, Laura Webster, for whom it is a pleasure to work, they have taken the courageous stance of calling out abuse and naming those responsible.<\/p>\n

When I am asked whether the change is possible, I always say that it is.<\/p>\n

When I'm asked for evidence that a difference exists, this is the sort of thing that I present.<\/p>\n

In a world where compliance is required, uniformity is demanded, and dissent is punished, we must have a paper like The National that is willing to speak truth to power.<\/p>\n

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