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William Lane
@williamjtlane.bsky.social
Senior Consultant at the All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health & Former Writer at Conatus News
Writes at medium.com/@williamjtlane
Interested in Politics, Public Policy, and International Affairs
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This was *allegedly* taken to absurd lengths in Salazar's Portugal, where the man himself was given a fake newspaper every day to fool him he was still in charge after suffering a massive stroke www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Fake news: How Portugal ‘fooled’ ex-dictator to believe he still led from his sickbed
António de Oliveira Salazar thought he was in power for two years after being replaced, new book claims
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William Lane
@williamjtlane.bsky.social
Senior Consultant at the All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health & Former Writer at Conatus News
Writes at medium.com/@williamjtlane
Interested in Politics, Public Policy, and International Affairs
54 followers78 following250 posts