Monday 26 August 2019

Opinion and Judgement


My Flipboard news feed contains articles from many sources, one of which is the Spectator. Occasionally it will produce a well written and reasoned article, but when it moves on to Brexit it becomes an ideologically charged maniplulator of truth.


However, there was one reasoned article this morning contemplating the rise of populism and a striking survey result was highlighted. A recent YouGov survey found that only seven per cent of the public believed MPs were elected to exercise their own judgement – the correct position – rather than simply to do their constituents’ bidding. That is a sobering statistic, the result of which can be found here.


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