Irish Examiner view: Boris's fantasy land

Some British media serve up a fantastical worldview that's as wayward as the outlook of the country's prime minister

The 'Daily Express', centre, seems to specialise in screaming fantastical fiction — about the Northern Ireland Protocol among other things — apparently in support of the current Tory government.

If anyone wonders why so many people in Britain appear to support their government’s view of Brexit and, in particular, the Northern Ireland protocol it agreed to, they need only glance at the fantastical headlines in one of the more notorious of the British tabloids.

‘Brexit: Frost’s Article 16 masterstroke pays off! Now Coveney admits EU ready to cave’, screamed the Daily Express headline, followed by: ‘Brexit ‘UNDONE’! Varadkar sent into fresh panic — Frost sparks EU meltdown over Article 16’.