How the Daily Mail reacts differently when Theresa May and Ed Miliband propose the same thing
This was how the Daily Mail reacted when Ed Miliband, the then Labour leader, suggested a price cap on energy companies back in 2013.
And this was how it reacted when Theresa May, during the current election campaign, suggested the very same thing.
Spot the difference?
TODAY: We change our mind on controlling energy prices because it’s now the correct political party proposing it. pic.twitter.com/M6okgzBeop
— The DM Reporter (@DMReporter) May 9, 2017
A reminder of the rules:
Labour propose energy cap = Marxist tosh
Tories propose energy cap = great idea to help the “just about managing” pic.twitter.com/802wkKjirR— David Schneider (@davidschneider) May 9, 2017
What a difference 24 months makes – via The Times pic.twitter.com/w0qWUXec3Q
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) May 9, 2017
Two ways to report energy price controls, one from 2013 and one from 2017… pic.twitter.com/ZtGghraap0
— Jon Stone (@joncstone) May 8, 2017
Another hideous example of the Daily Mail deploying the “it’s cool when the Tories do it” logic. pic.twitter.com/ob4mYlD3PU
— Angry Salmond (@AngrySalmond) May 9, 2017
As May tackles energy firms (+ pledges min wage rise, and to help Generation Rent), is Red Theresa reviving 1970s Toryism?
Compare/contrast pic.twitter.com/rGA5X6kgzn— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) May 9, 2017
"Officially the change had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia”. pic.twitter.com/IBYy2P3mrO
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) May 8, 2017
YOUR COMMENTS: Even Mail readers aren’t buying the Tory energy price policy steal… pic.twitter.com/m1gNrjHYSJ
— The DM Reporter (@DMReporter) May 9, 2017