Anti-Brexit political activist group Led By Donkeys are popping off on X with a new video. It highlights just how quickly the Daily Mail had to withdraw it support for PM-for-a-day (alright, 49 days, sue me) Liz Truss.
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The tweet drew a comparison with new Mail golden bloke Nigel Farage:
Daily Mail say today we need Farage and Reform to save the country. A reminder of the role the Mail played in getting us into this mess. pic.twitter.com/Dy9vjgGUt7
— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) September 5, 2025
We begin with a headline from August 3:
She has the boldness, vision and strength of conviction to build on what Boris began. That’s why today the Mail backs Truss for leader
Then, just 80 days later, the U-turn:
Truss was a disastrous dalliance who served only to remind us what a real leader looks like
Panning right again, two Mail front pages side-by-side:
Cometh the hour, cometh the woman
At last! A true tory budget
And, finally, a stark message from Led By Donkeys themselves: “The Daily Mail makes its readers poorer”.
‘Quelle surprise!’
Some commenters on X took the opportunity to highlight the Mail’s support for other far-right politicians of note:
Quelle surprise! They’ve always been fans of fascists and Nazis. https://t.co/6vALH1babj pic.twitter.com/IQzXXZV0fQ
— Modha Rarely Comes Here Anymore (@Modhabobo) September 5, 2025
Others called out the role of the media manufacturing the horrors of modern society:
We call them newspapers. They’re the walls of our prison.
‘Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.’ (Noam Chomsky) https://t.co/gLE8CnpC3g
— Media Lens (@medialens) September 5, 2025
Whilst some pointed out the Daily Mail’s blatant hypocrisy in its support for Farage:
The Daily Fail suggests Farage can “Save Britain,” but its billionaire owners, the Rothermeres, avoid taxes by claiming non-dom status and hiding their wealth offshore. If they want to save Britain, they should start by paying their taxes.#DailyMail #PayYourShare #TaxAvoidance💷 https://t.co/lSFcrnMIVk
— Michael Greer 💙 (@MGreer_PR) September 5, 2025
As Reform UK’s conference gets into full swing, we can only expect more gleeful pandering to the UK’s new far-right darlings (yippee). It’s already off to a hell of a start, penning a gushing article that seems to quote every goddamn line Farage uttered in his keynote address.
And that’s not even mentioning the simpering tripe the rag put out on Nadine Dorries defecting to the party. That one just happened to mention that Reform might not even fill its cabinet with elected officials, BTW – straight out of the Trump handbook.
As Led By Donkeys so succinctly demonstrated, the Daily Mail has one use, other than firelighters. It has an unerring ability to back the worst candidate for Britain possible. So as the right-wing bog roll continues to heap praise on Farage, we’d all do well to remember how the Mail’s former favourites turned out.
Featured image via the Canary
