whitewash

The Chinese narrative today emphasizes the Communist Party’s role in helping to secure the victory over Japan, while condemning Tokyo for trying to whitewash its militaristic past and wartime atrocities.

Ahead of the festival, Human Rights Watch argued the festival was an attempt by the Saudi regime to "whitewash" its abuses.

A spokesman for Mr Barrowman, who is also from Glasgow, described the judgement a "whitewash", while Mone said it required a "quantum leap of faith".

Despite the pressure on mainstream media to whitewash Kirk’s rhetoric, ideology and approach to politics, people can look online to quickly verify that he wasn’t the saintly figure the right portrayed him to be.

"Israel cannot continue to use any international platform to whitewash its image," Sanchez said.