Ex-US President Bill Clinton once said, “There are two kinds of people in this world: those who put people in boxes and those who just want to get along with everyone.”
It could also be said that those who put themselves in a box can find it difficult to think outside it.
@implausibleblog David Yelland is right. Something fundamental has changed in the system. It relates to how voters are informed and how they are persuaded to vote for a particular candidate or party by unregulated, targeted ads on social media.
@implausibleblog David Yelland is right. Something fundamental has changed in the system. It relates to how voters are informed and how they are persuaded to vote for a particular candidate or party by unregulated, targeted ads on social media.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Keir Starmer has told MPs that he will not resign or have a long drawn out leadership contest, describing it as the most irresponsible thing he could do"
David Yelland, "The media has become an anger factory and I suspect that has been created by people who are not friendly to this country" @davidyelland 👏
"We're all angry, and the media feeds the anger"
"Something fundamental has changed in the system and we need a national conversation on that"
Theo Bertram, "Populism, like content creators on social media thrives on polarisation, that's how you get clicks, get attention"
My @NewStatesman piece on why the rise of anti-Tory tactical voting means that uniting the right will not be sufficient for a Conservative revival. https://t.co/VZvX3PIUxI
Recent governments seemed more interested in getting re-elected than in governing effectively in the national interest. Is democracy a means of arriving at a consensus & social stability or just a way of enabling a majority to dominate? #GeneralElection
https://t.co/OKYHlPqoXe
Honourable exceptions to political reporting of course including the FT - couple of decent longish reads today, both with a slightly sceptical tinge, on planning reform and industrial strategy. Both of course genuinely challenging policy challenges. https://t.co/qZUEmHaL6A
By eavesdropping on the brains of living people, scientists have created the highest-resolution map yet of the neurons that encode the meaning of various words https://t.co/kzkhQOJh4s
The trouble with divisive politicians is that they would rather politicize a problem for their own ends than agree to implement an evidence-based solution in the national interest. #GeneralElection
https://t.co/OKYHlPqoXe
Recent governments seemed more interested in getting re-elected than in governing effectively in the national interest. Is democracy a means of arriving at a consensus & social stability or just a way of enabling a majority to dominate? #GeneralElection
https://t.co/OKYHlPqoXe
With the help of social media, voter exclusion, & illegal funding, some politicians have been able to undermine & "manage" democracy by manipulating the outcomes of democratic elections & referenda through disinformation using unregulated, targeted online ads. #GeneralElection
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