This Is My (Post) Truth, Tell Me Yours Comment on "The Rise of Post-truth Populism in Pluralist Liberal Democracies: Challenges for Health Policy"

Abstract This is a commentary on the article 'The rise of post-truth populism in pluralist liberal democracies: challenges for health policy. ' It critically examines two of its key concepts: populism and 'post truth. ' This commentary argues that there are different types of populism, with unclear links to impacts, and that in some ways, 'post-truth' has resonances with arguments advanced in the period at the beginning of the British National Health Service (NHS). In short, 'post-truth' populism' may be 'déjà vu all over again, ' and there are multiple (post) truths: this is my (post) truth, tell me yours