In case you missed it: I wrote about the Conservatives rebranding their press office as a fact check service and why we should all be furious about ithttps://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2019/11/tories-conservative-party-cchq-factcheckuk-just-used-disinformation-trick-could-get-them-blocked-twitter …
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Twitter has issued a wrist slap, which is not surprising. But I do think that this is so shamelessly corrupt that it will damage the Tories more than it will help them:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2019/11/tories-conservative-party-cchq-factcheckuk-just-used-disinformation-trick-could-get-them-blocked-twitter …
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Statement from Twitter via @DaveLeeBBC:pic.twitter.com/6QEbn4msYb
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Also for those doing the “it’s a distraction!” “3D Chess!”: Even if it was meant to be a distraction (and I don’t, I think it was a poorly thought out disinformation tactic), it is bad enough to both hurt the Tories and warrant public questioninghttps://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2019/11/tories-conservative-party-cchq-factcheckuk-just-used-disinformation-trick-could-get-them-blocked-twitter …
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Also good to remember when seeing “this was their plan all along, they KNEW this would happen” takes: politics is less House of Cards and a lot more The Thick Of Ithttps://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2019/11/tories-conservative-party-cchq-factcheckuk-just-used-disinformation-trick-could-get-them-blocked-twitter …
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