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What kind of illiberal lunacy is this? www.theguardian.com/politics/art... Think of who you don't want in power. Now imagine them enforcing this law. A society without misinformation is inherently unfree (and impossible).

Welsh government commits to making lying in politics illegalwww.theguardian.com Labour administration says ‘globally pioneering’ legislation will be brought in before next Senedd elections in 2026

Does sound extremely fraught, and details are scant The offense would be "wilfully misleading the parliament or the public" but not applying to "opinion, belief or future intention", and proposal would impose a penalty of a 4-year ban from Welsh parliament www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Welsh Senedd members consider criminalising lying by politicianswww.theguardian.com Ex-Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price, a leading proponent, says credibility gap in politics has become ‘gaping chasm’