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David Dimbleby: Are journalistic values under threat?

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Is There a Refusal to Go for Political Slogans?

Politicians in 2022 are less honest than they used to be, says Bimble. They're less willing to share with the voter what their real thoughts are. We live by political slogans in a way that we didn't 20 or 30 years ago. I think it began with the total chaos over the Brexit vote and whether we leave the EU which in my view is a referendum that should not have been held. Not a proper subject for a referendum. Instead we just had a yes, no, turn the light off and then decide what to do afterwards. Six years down the road now and this country still doesn't know where it's going to be. You couldn't have said those things as

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