NPG x90126,David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir,by Elliott & Fry Published November 4, 2016 at 367 × 500 in Post-truth politics: Why do facts no longer matter to so many people? Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, the Earl of Kilmuir, in 1954. British Conservative politician, lawyer and judge who was instrumental in drafting the European Convention on Human Rights. Credit Elliott &Fry/Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)