Day: 5 February 2025

Beware the phoney, flaccid consensus on events such as Storm Éowyn or Covid

It is often said that hindsight is 20:20 vision. But sometimes I wonder whether that is true. Retrospective consideration of major public issues is frequently distorted by a desire on the part of those conducting inquiries and assessments to safeguard themselves politically or to justify what they did or did not do. To take a […]