Naomi Fallon
@nifallon.bsky.social
PhD student at the Centre for Food Policy. Food systems, policy, power. Lancs lass in London. She/Her.
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A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Reposted by Naomi Fallon
Accountability is under threat. When verification fails and deliberation collapses, few people trust institutions to hold power to account. And power itself exploits that trust-gap: governance becomes performance, visibility becomes substitute for real oversight.
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Accountability is under threat. When verification fails and deliberation collapses, few people trust institutions to hold power to account. And power itself exploits that trust-gap: governance becomes performance, visibility becomes substitute for real oversight.
Reposted by Naomi Fallon
Remembering what Nye Bevan said about why the NHS existed:
“No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means."
Reeves needs to learn the history of her party.
“No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means."
Reeves needs to learn the history of her party.
September 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Remembering what Nye Bevan said about why the NHS existed:
“No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means."
Reeves needs to learn the history of her party.
“No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means."
Reeves needs to learn the history of her party.