Martin Powell
1*1 Health Services Management Centre, School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Abstract
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 at the beginning of the British National Health Service (NHS).
In short, ‘post-truth’ populism’ may be ‘déjà vu all over again,’ and there are multiple (post) truths: this is my (post)
truth, tell me yours