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Are conspiracy theories getting worse, with Jonn Elledge

Daily Politics from the New Statesman

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The New Statesman

I think we are hearing more of this at the moment, because it's a meam, isn't it? If you think tha meam at the basic level, it's an idea that spreads because it's useful. And all these kind of conspiracy theories we're talking about, they are politicians want simple stories they can tell to connect with voters. But they also, politicians from any part of politics also want to be able to say, it's not my fault. There is some one else to blame. We sing a lot of that from the conservative party right now, because they've been in power for 12 years, hha, for 12 years. They can't blame anyone else

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