A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL CARRIED THE headline “Barclays customers warned to ‘move’ their money elsewhere”. Normally, a warning comes with some kind of threat, personal or impersonal. Furthermore, a threat of the nature suggested by the headline emanates from someone or some organisation. One would have thought that it was the duty, indeed purpose, of a newspaper to reveal who had issued the warning or threat, but nothing of the kind was to be found in the article.
Instead, we read:
Barclays bank customers have been urged to ditch their accounts and shift their money elsewhere after bank branches in England and Scotland have been covered in red paint and had windows smashed as part of protests by a pro-Palestine group.
One assumes, though it is not strictly stated,…
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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, August/September 2024