Had It in Holland Park

"The young are disillusioned: by bureaucracy, insincerity, and a sense that the government doesn’t understand them"        Of course they are disillusioned: for most of their lives, the news media have told them that the majority of government and the bureaucracy are nasty, incompetent and uncaring, if not downright venal.
       "The real crisis of faith is not in politicians but in democracy..."
Again, the news media tell us that politicians are usually bad in one way or another and that democracy doesn't work. Ask yourself: when is the last article you recall about a politician who was honest, upright, competent and caring. When did you last see a piece that showed democracy working to create something good somewhere in our country?
IPSO's postion seems quite reasonable. Williamson is upset about Delingpole’s OPINIONS - he would not be making this complaint if Delingpole made a factual error or two but was supportive of acidification as a large and important problem. Opinion (however stupid) is and should be free.
      The key is that truth (or science) does not matter in the modern world. What matters is whether a statement agrees with us or is something we would LIKE to be true.
      This may make life difficult for people who believes that "facts are sacred," but they had better get used to it: Brexit, Trump, climate change and the benefits of GMO crops all show that this is a minority opinion.