A lie is a lie is a lie — unless uttered by a politician, right?

Politicians must face the music when caught out in a lie — or they would, if there were any justice in the world.

Mar 25, 2021

Politics is a profession and it should be of grave concern that there is no real means by which politicians are disciplined for telling fibs in the public domain as other professionals might be.

In fact, politicians seem to think of spinning their way out of trouble as a thing to be rewarded, rather than viewing it as an egregious sin as other professionals would.

Consider various professions and what happens if they fail to keep themselves nice.

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Tom Ravlic

Freelance journalist

Tom Ravlic is an investigative journalist, author and academic with more than two decades of experience in reporting on and analysing politics and regulatory affairs for local and international media.