A Policy of Appeasement

That paragon of reason and tolerance, the Daily Maul, has reached a deal with the Polish Federation of Great Britain after that organisation lodged a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission, citing fifty headlines as examples of anti-Polish sentiment. The Maul rejected the accusation that its articles fostered "negative emotions and tensions between the new EU immigrants and local communities", and has thus "amended some online articles and removed others" which were no doubt equally harmless. "If you take the balance of articles published by us the Polish migrant has not been identified as a hate figure," a spokesbeing said. "The headline on a major feature by one of our top writers read: 'Poles apart – Hard-working, reliable, honest. Meet the Polish builders, plumbers, and decorators putting work-shy Britons to shame'." Of course, it wouldn't be a Maul story without the word shame appearing somewhere; but it does seem to be the case that "the Polish migrant" has been identified as a hate figure only when other hate figures have not been considered appropriate.