I mean the “both sides bad” angle is flatly stated in the editorial: > Ossified thought and a lack of intellectual rigour are depressing features of all sides

I mean the “both sides bad” angle is flatly stated in the editorial: > Ossified thought and a lack of intellectual rigour are depressing features of all sides of our political and cultural debate. It’s pretty clear they’re trying to dress up their agenda-ed editorials as “common sense” compromise but if middle-of-the-road were truly the publication’s aim I can’t imagine Haskings would have had any interest in funding it.