We pride ourselves in the UK for being the most tolerant, liberal and open society in the world. Our deep belief in these values is equally matched by our strong intolerance of discrimination of any kind and a sense of right and wrong. At least that’s what we tell ourselves.The problem is that we frequently preach the importance of these values whilst simultaneously ignoring a common failing amongst those of believe they are righteous: hypocrisy. Whilst we demand the end to the Syrian tyranny, our prime minister is promoting our arms industry in Saudi Arabia. The first casualty of all of this is the most sacred value of all, the truth. It doesn’t matter what actually happened, or what are the facts, or even what is the evidence. What matters is what is perceived. And this is driven by our establishments on a regular basis.We believe that organic food is better for us when all the evidence is that this is false. We are convinced that moisturisers fight the signs of ageing when there ...
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