How Boris Johnson and Brexit are Berlusconifying Britain | William Davies theguardian.com

Divisions between politics, the media and business have dissolved, eroding integrity. It’s not bad news for everyone, says political economist William Davies
If this election campaign has a distinctive mood, it is a mix of bewilderment, outrage and exhaustion. The public sphere has been engulfed by a war of attrition in which every poll number, media statement or policy announcement must be treated with suspicion. What is it concealing? Who paid for it? What is it distracting us from?