People’s Vote March in London, June 23 2018. Credit: Wikimedia/Ilovetheeu. CC BY-SA 4.0.
It’s a truism that politicians lie. Even politicians themselves half-acknowledge this fact: they are, in their own words, ‘terminologically inexact’ or ‘economical with the truth.’ When asked whether lying is widespread in politics, former deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Malcolm Bruce answered: ‘No. Well, yes,’ which pretty much sums it up.
