We often hear the expression 'on top of the detail'. The forensic analysis of instant media more often will find politicians wanting when it comes to specifics. An interviewer comes to the studio well briefed with a specific set of details, the politician comes having to anticipate what they might be asked. It is a game of cat and mouse, chasing around the issues. Andrew Neil on the BBC uses the technique of catching politicians on detail, or on what they might have done or said at some time in the past, long or short. "I put it to you that....", "No, no, this is what you said in 100 AD." Does it get us anywhere? We could say that politicians should know the detail. But is that really sensible? Good decisions may be influenced by details, or by what is called 'fact'. Yet, decisions are often made on a balance of probabilities and not on 'facts'. Boris is a broad-sweep politician Boris Johnson is a broad sweep politician....
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