There's something distinctly illiberal about what goes under the name 'Political Science', says Prof James Alexander. Half its practitioners want to control our thoughts and the rest wonder why no one trusts government.
The Social Market Foundation has carried out a survey on public attitudes to Net Zero and concluded that the "uninformed" and reluctant public are the problem. Why else would they say no to heat pumps?
A Net Zero 'nudge unit' that used scare tactics during the Covid pandemic has received a £100,000 contract from the Government to encourage the public to take up heat pumps.
Of course Net Zero requires telling people "how to live their lives", says Ben Pile. Keir Starmer's claim to the contrary is not to be credited. Changing how people live has always been at the heart of the green agenda.
Are we all being 'nudged' to comply with alarmist Government responses to virus and climate 'emergencies', asks psychologist Dr Gary Sidley. The rise of the 'trusted messenger' ploy suggests we are.
The insidious growth of 'nudging' as a subtle means of controlling democratic populations is undermining our freedom in the West. But there's an important reason it cannot work for long, says Prof James Alexander.
Government psychological manipulation of the public has become normal in the U.K. in a trend consolidated during Covid. Dr Gary Sidley traces the roots of this illiberal movement.
The claims by Government Covid adviser Susan Michie that she never advocated use of fear to influence behaviour are contradicted by her published statements and papers, says Dr David Seedhouse.
Government advisers now falsely claim never to have supported pandemic fear messaging. Nonsense, says Laura Dodsworth, who kept the receipts and sets the record straight.
We all remember the harrowing "Look them in the eyes" messaging campaign, aimed at terrifying the populace into compliance with Covid restrictions. Now, Dr. Gary Sidley exposes the people behind it.
