Pilate asked ‘What is truth?’ Boris Johnson & Co live by the same creed
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George Pitcher2022-02-02T12:30:00
It might be risky to transpose the events of the Passion of Christ into today’s context. Nevertheless, George Pitcher reckons there are some disturbing parallels when it comes to today’s political leader’s understanding of Truth
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