Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Election facts and dangers

Sheila is talking to 2 seated statues of mathematicians in Krakow

The UK general elections are on Thursday (4 July).The fact checking Full Fact website has a section devoted to fact checking various aspects of the political election campaigns here https://fullfact.org/election-2024/all/ and today they have summarised a number of them in fact sheets focusing on core issues such as health, net zero and .... potholes.

Also, a topical post highlights the way in which one British politician is aiming to undermine confidence in the media (a la Trump) by claiming that established media are biased and fabricating stories: Why Nigel Farage’s anti-media election interference claims are so dangerous: https://theconversation.com/why-nigel-farages-anti-media-election-interference-claims-are-so-dangerous-233698
Democratic debate in Krakow, October 2023

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