In the House of Lords committee's view «the media, especially
the popular tabloid press, all too often indulge in distorted and irresponsible coverage of the judiciary, treating the judges as «fair game»».
However, an anti-EU campaign that taps into
popular prejudices against Eurocrats and Brussels red tape, stoked by a hostile
tabloid press, might seduce Hammond or even Boris Johnson sufficiently to become the figurehead for a Brexit campaign — alongside, presumably, Nigel Farage.