[pibechorro]

Its always been like this. Its the nature of the job. Lying is successful as there is no accountability and wealth leveraging the power granted. The only way out is to limit its function to the minimal bare bones and be vigilant at that. Its become way too big, way too lucrative. Its a corruption vector.

[ClumsyPilot]

it has not -politics has changes in the last 40 years.

The quality of leadershio and even quality of lying has declined.

[readthenotes1]

Not from what I recall. You may be perhaps more aware of it nowadays, but as far as I can tell politics and politicians have been the same as long as we have a written record of them.

[pjc50]

There is a measurable difference in that Ministers who had been found to be lying or "misleading the house" would previously resign; or otherwise if they had proven misconduct; or sometimes even if the appearance of misconduct had occurred. Now they do not. The last vestiges of an (admittedly outdated) honor culture have gone and been replaced by a much more shameless approach to lying.