Wednesday, 5 May 2010

Orwell's Ministry of Truth alive and well in Brussels

In George Orwell's classic novel 1984, the government's Ministry of Truth made a living out of rewriting facts to suit the Party's agenda.

Today we can clearly see that the Ministry of Truth is very much alive and well, and its central office is in Brussels. Government's getting bad scores at school? Well, we'll just have to change the scoring system then won't we!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10097107.stm

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