This is a commentary on the article ‘The rise of post-truth populism in pluralist liberal democracies: challenges for health policy.’ It critically examines two of its key concepts: populism and ‘post truth.’ This commentary argues that there are different types of populism, with unclear links to impacts, and that in some ways, ‘post-truth’ has resonances with arguments advanced in the period a...

In their editorial, Speed and Mannion identify two main challenges “the rise of post-truth populism” poses for health policy: the populist threat to inclusive healthcare policies, and the populist threat to well-designed health policies that draw on professional expertise and research evidence. This short comment suggests some conceptual clarifications that might help in thinking through more p...

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recent years have witnessed the rise of populism and populist leaders, movements and policies in many pluralist liberal democracies, with brexit and the election of trump the two most recent high profile examples of this backlash against established political elites and the institutions that support them. this new populism is underpinned by a post-truth politics which is using social media as a...