It seems the Conservatives have shown themselves to be factually untrustworthy. I can’t imagine they thought they’d get away with this. I guess they mustn’t care.
Or perhaps it’s just a classic Trumpian move: the more we’re talking about this concocted social media controversy, the less we’re talking about the real issues at stake. Either way, (more) trust is lost.
Tories under fire for ‘fake’ fact-checking Twitter account – The Telegraph
Tories pretend to be factchecking service during leaders’ debate – The Guardian
Fact Check HQ: Tories condemned over fake Twitter account – The Herald
Tory HQ slammed for ‘dystopian’ rebranding of Twitter account during leaders’ debate – Huffpost
Election debate: Conservatives criticised for renaming Twitter profile ‘factcheckUK’ – BBC News
Britain’s ruling political party masqueraded as a fact-checker on Twitter during a TV debate – CNBC
Twitter says PM Johnson’s party misled public with ‘factcheck’ account – Reuters
The debate itself left no clear winner. Perhaps, as suggested in the latest B3TA newsletter, the format should be dropped entirely and substituted for something more testing.
Forget leaders debates, prospective Prime Ministers should do a series of tasks without losing cool: switch phone to a different tariff; retrieve ball from grumpy neighbour; submit tax return to HMRC website; take a driving test etc.
In an earlier newsletter they had some pointers on how to improve voting, which, joking aside, might really be worth considering.
16 year olds should get TWO votes as they’ve got to live with the consequences longer.
Blank ballot papers so votes only count if you can remember the name of the candidate.
One person, one vote and that person is Sir David Attenborough.
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