It’s nearly Halloween, so – regular as clockwork – now’s the time for the national media to start gasping in horror at some of the costumes we’ve been familiar with for some time.
The Daily Star was the first to clutch its pearls as it found that fancy dress companies were selling Taliban bomber outfits for Halloween, as they put it; ‘just months after the Manchester Arena blast horror’. They also made reference to Halloween costumes ‘which campaigners say make fun of people with mental health problems’.
The Express and The Sun both ran features dedicated to costumes depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with the former describing him as ‘a real-life horror’. According to the story, online sales of both cardboard cutout and overhead latex masks depicting the despot have surged in the run-up to Halloween, as have Donald Trump masks and hats.
High street discount retailer Poundland said that it was taking the opportunity to offload its Donald Trump merchandise, which had originally been created in tongue-in-cheek anticipation of Mr Trump’s state visit to Britain.
The Daily Mail also drew attention to the sexy Fake News costume which has been prevalent across social media, receiving mixed reviews from the public.
