Gavin Esler presents "Dead Cats, Strategic Lying & Truth Decay"

As part of IDEA The Ethics Centre's 20th anniversary celebrations we are delighted to welcome Gavin Esler, journalist, presenter and author, who will be presenting a public lecture on truth, lies and public discourse: “Dead Cats, Strategic Lying & Truth Decay” on the evening of Tuesday 17th June at Cloth Hall Court, Leeds.

Gavin Esler is a highly regarded and award-winning journalist, broadcaster and author. Gavin spent a number of years as the BBC's Chief North American Correspondent, as well as reporting in other countries before returning to the UK and presenting the flagship Newsnight programme. Gavin is also the author of five novels and four non-fiction books commenting on politics in the modern world.

Gavin will analyse the state of current politics and truth-telling in the public realm. He has observed that people no longer trust businesses, or politicians, or journalists as much as they used to. Gavin will argue that this is the result of what he calls “the politics of distraction”. He will discuss how a loss of trust and “truth decay” is eating away some of the core principles of democracy in the United Kingdom, the United States and elsewhere and will suggest how trust - and truth - can be reinforced. This will be based on the findings of his recent book Britain Is Better Than This.

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