As many of you know I created a game called Untrivial pursuit. In the month prior to the election, each day I posted a question about a common political or economic misconceptions and misinformation, later revealing the real answer on this blog.
I also took the game out to the streets to play with passing strangers, educating them about topics like immigration, benefit fraud, whether public debt was increasing or decreasing.
I kind of thought that after the election I could put the project to bed, after all I had created it to help people make informed choices when it came them casting their votes.
But 2 months on there is still a gulf between the truth and how media and politicians misrepresent it and conceal it.
Yesterday Greece voted against implementing the austerity measures that the EU have demanded, showing the real power that a government can give its people that goes beyond merely deciding who should be in parliament.
Contrast this to our Conservative government who tomorrow are delivering an emergency budget that will see cuts to working tax credit, the NHS, social care and will affect some of the most vulnerable people in society. And they are doing this even in the face of massive anti-austerity protest.
So I shall be continuing to fight misinformation and misrepresentation with truth and clarity. For after all, it ain’t over until the fact lady sings…
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