Who Needs Facts When Your Supporters Would Believe the Moon Was Made of Pork Pies if You Told Them

When public figures speak, facts are supposed to matter. Yet in Britain’s increasingly febrile political climate, numbers are tossed around like confetti at a rally, useful not because they’re true, but because they feel true to an already primed audience. Take Jim Ratcliffe, billionaire industrialist and co-owner of Manchester United. Ratcliffe recently claimed that the […] The post Who Needs Facts When Your Supporters Would Believe the Moon Was Made of Pork Pies if You Told Them appeared first on Dorset Eye.