Nobody tells the truth in politics because people only listen to what they want to hear. And politicians only say what advisers tell them the people want to hear. Lies corrode like rust. We – the voter, the optimist, the bloke with his elbow on the pub bar – hang on to illusions … Take […]
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Boris Johnson and the Big Lie
The big lie is a propaganda technique used to trick people into believing the very opposite of the truth is the truth. Hitler – the big lie: that Jews caused Germany’s defeat in World War 1. Nazi disinformation claimed that a clandestine alliance between Jewish bankers and communists – which makes no sense – were the power behind the […]