Good to laugh at post-truth populists. But as myself & incomparable @CR_OBrien wrote of their Brexit tactics: goal isn& #39;t to convince anyone to *believe* their lies; it& #39;s to make people feel there is no such thing as "truth" anymore = even more dangerous

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Today& #39;s antics fit that bill perfectly. Cummings tells obvious pack of lies. Johnson says it& #39;s all perfectly plausible. Tory minions bleat that it& #39;s a media witchhunt. Reality is made to feel blurry. Facts are less important than feelings. "They& #39;re all as bad as each other."

Subjectivising fact and evidence, blurring the boundary between truth and lies, making the population cynical and disengaged: that& #39;s how the Trumps, Orbans, Bolsonaros and Johnsons wield their power. It& #39;s good for a laugh. But it& #39;s also a serious threat to our liberal democracy.