"Political lying is a form of theft. It means that voters make democratic judgments on the basis of falsehoods. Their rights are stripped away." #QotD

“Political lying is a form of theft. It means that voters make democratic judgments on the basis of falsehoods. Their rights are stripped away.”

~ philosopher Sissela Bok, summarised by Peter Oborne in his op-ed 'It’s not just Boris Johnson’s lying. It’s that the media let him get away with it'

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