Minister snaps 'get a life' over fears Brexit deal will spark ban on smoky bacon crisps - as PM faces demands for billions and no criminals returned at big EU summit
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The Daily Mail says in its own voice, with no source, that the reported pledge not to deport EU offenders is part of Labour's "desperate efforts" to ease prison pressure, while the same article reports the block as a Brussels demand. It also colours the talks with its own loaded words, such as "cosy up", "quirky" and "funnelled".
States one side's claim as fact
Minor
“part of Labour's desperate efforts to relieve pressure on UK prisons”
Why this matters
In its own voice the Mail gives a motive for the reported deportation pledge, "Labour's desperate efforts to relieve pressure on UK prisons", and attaches the loaded word "desperate". No minister, document or source in the article says this.
The impression it gives
The reader believes it is established that Labour wants to stop deporting EU offenders to free prison space, and is doing so out of desperation.
The context
The article attributes the deportation block to Brussels elsewhere, saying the EU is demanding it according to leaked documents. The Government says nothing is finalised and it will not agree to all EU demands. The motive is the outlet's own inference, presented as fact.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“Brussels is demanding a block on deporting EU criminals”
Elsewhere in the article“The Government has stressed that nothing has been finalised yet”
Uses a loaded word
Minor
“cosy up to the bloc”
Why this matters
The Mail describes the Government's negotiating aim as an effort to "cosy up to the bloc" in its own voice.
The impression it gives
The reader believes the Government is currying favour with the EU rather than negotiating a trade agreement.
The context
The article itself reports the stated aim as removing post-Brexit checks on exports. The minister says it is about doing business with close neighbours.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“to remove post-Brexit checks from exports”
“quirky Brussels rules”
Why this matters
The Mail's paraphrase calls the EU rules "quirky", a verdict the minister did not give.
The impression it gives
The reader believes the rules in question are self-evidently eccentric.
The context
The minister's quoted words speak of people obsessing about smoky bacon crisps. "Quirky" is the outlet's own word.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“If you want to obsess about smoky bacon crisps”
“funnelled”
Why this matters
The Mail says British taxpayers' money could be "funnelled" to poorer EU states, a word that suggests diversion.
The impression it gives
The reader believes money would be quietly siphoned away.
The context
The quoted draft text describes a financial contribution linked to the UK's participation in the internal market.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“reflects the degree of the UK's participation in the EU's internal market”