THE Daily Mail set up an elaborate ‘sting’ to expose its own bullshit about migrant workers, it has emerged.

The crusading newspaper posted 10 fake job ads around the country, claiming it would show how the Daily Mail was right about British workers being crowded out by thousands and thousands of hordes.

But the real purpose behind the subterfuge was to prove beyond doubt that British people are work-shy oafs and if it was not for immigrants this country would grind to a halt.

The paper is now expected to be showered with awards for its gutsy, ground-breaking self-exposure.

Media analyst, Julian Cook, said: “The Daily Mail is the only newspaper with the resources, the skills and the courage to expose something as big and powerful as the Daily Mail.

“This would have required infiltration at the highest levels as well as unfettered access to its scary, racist bullshit files.”

Cook said the story may have begun with an anonymous phone call or a Daily Mail reporter getting a tip-off that the paper’s constant screeching about job-stealing foreigners was actually a massive con.

“At that point I suspect someone would have said ‘let’s expose it with a News of the World-type sting’ and then someone else would have offered to black up a bit and dress as the ‘fake sheikh’ before Paul Dacre kicked them in the stomach.

“I can just imagine the excitement and tension in the newsroom when they finally got the results of their fake job survey and then they all cheered and slapped each other on the back.”

Cook said: “You know, it takes a remarkable commitment to the truth to advertise fictional jobs and raise people’s hopes just to prove how obviously wrong you have always been.”