Our politicians are becoming increasingly racist – because they are addicted to X

“Go touch grass” has become a popular way of telling people to get offline, go outside and experience the real world. For those of us who have spent an evening on social media getting het up over a particular news story this is undoubtedly good advice. There is nothing like spending time with people who are not as online as yourself to get some perspective.

No group of people needs to heed this advice more than those who populate Westminster.t

Britain’s political village is hooked on X. But can we any longer ignore mounting evidence that the platform is distorting our political debate and normalising views that previously were considered beyond the pale?

Take the recent row over Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s comments on TalkTV. She said she hated to see TV adverts full of black and Asian peo