04 May FACT CHECK: ELECTION SPECIAL
Posted at 08:15h
in Latest News
Lies damned lies and statistics, its been the running theme from one of the PCC candidates in this years election* (and also last years postponed election).
The willingness to simply trot out facts and figures, without any context, painting a negative picture of our county, in an apparent effort to win votes seems to fly directly in the face of one his election ‘pledges’ to ‘stamp out spin’.
It feels something akin to the Trump play book of politics where people are quite happy to fan the fear of crime for political ends.