When voters don’t know how inflation works, what NATO is, or why climate change matters, we all suffer. Epistocracy suggests: let informed voices carry more weight—not just louder ones.

In medicine, engineering, law—we value expertise. But in politics, we pretend that all opinions are equally valid, even when they’re based on ignorance or lies. That’s not democracy, that’s dysfunction.

Democracy gives everyone a vote. But does that mean every vote should count equally, regardless of how informed it is? We don’t let just anyone fly a plane—why do we let just anyone choose our leaders?.

When only 40% of those eligible to vote do so, how can you believe democracy in the UK is working. In 2024, less than 60% turned out on election day!

Iran’s IAEA non-cooperation is serious—but let’s not pretend Israel is blameless. It’s never signed the NPT, refuses IAEA inspections, and holds undeclared nukes. Security demands consistency, not selective outrage -

Good to see that Wes has put a smart and experienced public health expert at the heart of the NHS - - I hope that the other parties will support his efforts rather than object just because of who put him in place.

📷.The problem isn’t just debt defaults—it’s development defaults,” says UN envoy Mahmoud Mohieldin. The reality is stark: 3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more servicing debt than on health or education. The system is failing the global South.

The world’s drowning in debt — and a new report, commissioned by the late Pope Francis and backed by 30 top experts, says the system meant to help is actually making things worse. It calls for a “structural transformation” and a fresh round of debt relief.

RT @benhabib6: There is no way @UKLabour welfare reforms will reform welfare. Over 30 years our country has been governed so that aspirat….

In 2015, around 16.5 million people were on benefits in the UK. In 2025, it's nearly 24 million. That’s 1 in 3 people. At what point do we stop calling this a safety net — and admit the system is broken? This is ridiculous.

The UK's benefits bill keeps growing, even as taxes hit record highs. Instead of just continuing to fund it, we should be asking: why is it so big to begin with?.What kind of system have we built — and is it actually working?

Tobacco kills 7M+ yearly. We know raising taxes saves lives. Yet most democracies won’t do it. Why? Lobbyists > logic. Elections > evidence. Maybe it’s time we stop asking who rules — and start asking how. We need a democracy built for public health, not popularity.

Two of the most powerful men on Earth are acting like toddlers fighting over a toy car. “I don’t want your Tesla anymore.” Really?

Based on their current behavior I really think they should all be in the playground. #PolicyoverPolitics

Endless jabs, no strategy. All swings, no substance. If only these three spent more time fighting for real policies and real change. #PolicyoverPolitics

I wish these three were just playing Monopoly—instead of playing games with people’s lives, futures, and livelihoods. Politics isn’t a board game. #PolicyoverPolitics

RT @hanlo43790: @KemiBadenoch Conservative voters will not return until you personally show us some real leadership, anyone can just compla….

We’re governed by glorified spokespeople, not thinkers. Time to replace the whole lot with expert-led governance and end the era of clueless party loyalists.