Bill Harvey: L’elite

I would not consider myself a cynic. Far from it. However, over the years, I have learned to question much of what is presented as fact and would suggest that, in this post-truth age, this is more important than ever.

I was the one at school who dashed to the library to check on the fact that the word ‘gullible’ could not be found in any standard English dictionary. More embarrassingly, I was the one who, at some late night student event at Aston, totally believed the advice that flicking cigarette ash in your drink made the alcohol more easily absorbed by the gut. No wonder I immediately lapped up my favourite Vic Reeves fact; that 97.624% of statistics cannot be trusted.