Wednesday, December 04, 2019
More dirty Tory cyber tricks
The Tories have been caught out again playing fast and loose with their online campaigning. As I noted a few weeks ago, they have already doctored videos of Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips and changed the name of its Conservative campaign headquarters press office Twitter account, which is followed by nearly 76,000 users, to factcheckUK from its usual CCHQPress.
Now they have been accused of buying up a website address in the name of a Labour candidate – to tell voters to “stop Jeremy Corbyn.”
As the Independent reports, the domain name margaretbeckett.com – instead of promoting the former Labour foreign secretary, a candidate in Derby South – reads ‘Don’t Vote Labour’ and attacks her voting record.
A video of her Conservative rival, Ed Barker, carries the banner: “As the Labour candidate hasn’t set up her own website, I thought I’d do one for her.”
It seems that anything does go in this election.
Now they have been accused of buying up a website address in the name of a Labour candidate – to tell voters to “stop Jeremy Corbyn.”
As the Independent reports, the domain name margaretbeckett.com – instead of promoting the former Labour foreign secretary, a candidate in Derby South – reads ‘Don’t Vote Labour’ and attacks her voting record.
A video of her Conservative rival, Ed Barker, carries the banner: “As the Labour candidate hasn’t set up her own website, I thought I’d do one for her.”
It seems that anything does go in this election.
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The website (all websites)should have the name of the party on them AND not in small print ANY OTHERS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL
Coming to newspapers. They should also clearly have the name of the party on them.
Surely the existing paper has been around for a long time and recognised by the public.A paper with a different name/colours should stand out!
Or is it the 'locals' belong to organisations that are owned by Tory grandees who ,now, own nearly 70% of the printed media.
Coming to newspapers. They should also clearly have the name of the party on them.
Surely the existing paper has been around for a long time and recognised by the public.A paper with a different name/colours should stand out!
Or is it the 'locals' belong to organisations that are owned by Tory grandees who ,now, own nearly 70% of the printed media.
On another (possible) Tory deviousness words saying out with Mogg are written on a slag heap in the constituency. Low and behold along comes a Mogg video stating get out of the EU.The local paper has comments condemning the action but none supporting it. Tory paper in Tory land scheming? Just a thought.
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