Secret oil fields in the North Sea, ‘powerful forces’ conspiring against Ed Miliband, the EU to blame for Russia pouring arms into Ukraine. Enough alreadyThere was a time when conspiracy theories were confined to the lunatic fringes of British politics. But like any form of erosion, they are making their way towards the centre – the grounded sanity of normal democratic politics is at increasing risk of subsidence.Take a few examples. Alex Salmond has regularly encouraged the SNP myth that the British government kept oil fields secret from the Scottish people to discourage independence – most recently in his valedictory …read more
Source: The Guardian
