S
S
Summerbuzz
Guest
They got called eventually because they had a trick, combining the well known reticence of people to tell pollsters they are voting for a right winger, to the very slight effect of their social media tricks and tactics, and all those 'news' websites that popped up around the same time with people in on the deal. It looked like they knew more about the public and public opinion than anyone else. Like they had such a hotline to the psyche of the normal person. Their rhetoric couldn't be stopped. Submit or get mown down by the winning machine.
But this year they were shown as way behind on several occassions. The U turns have been huge. That's how it was clear it was all a bit of a lark, there was no magic insight or communication with the public whatsoever, otherwise they'd have seen it coming.
The first lockdown was not happening. Dom and co have this one. No way, herd immunity, whatever. No lockdown. Then, a poll emerges in a daily broadsheet that shows overwhelming support for a lockdown. Next day later, Dom is running around screaming LOCKDOWN NOW! And we get one. The EXACT same thing happened this time, there wasn't much public support for the two week circuit breaker, but after a few days of the death figures, another poll in the same paper, showing the same level of support.
No 10 had been pressuring MP's to have a go at Starmer in the media and on social media for wanting to lockdown. Within the week, Boris announced second 'lockdown'.
And then there's Rashford and school dinners. This was a social media thing. And yet they got it wholly and massively wrong, and U turned waaaay after that was obvious.
They weren't super smart. They had a trick, and it relied on the regulatory gap in which social media existed. The companies themselves have cracked down, and that's just the start. They'll never be as effective again. And that magic pollster they used had Trump down for a win. Now, he's just a guy who got it right a couple of times when others were wrong. Derren Brown's racing tipster scam comes to mind.
But this year they were shown as way behind on several occassions. The U turns have been huge. That's how it was clear it was all a bit of a lark, there was no magic insight or communication with the public whatsoever, otherwise they'd have seen it coming.
The first lockdown was not happening. Dom and co have this one. No way, herd immunity, whatever. No lockdown. Then, a poll emerges in a daily broadsheet that shows overwhelming support for a lockdown. Next day later, Dom is running around screaming LOCKDOWN NOW! And we get one. The EXACT same thing happened this time, there wasn't much public support for the two week circuit breaker, but after a few days of the death figures, another poll in the same paper, showing the same level of support.
No 10 had been pressuring MP's to have a go at Starmer in the media and on social media for wanting to lockdown. Within the week, Boris announced second 'lockdown'.
And then there's Rashford and school dinners. This was a social media thing. And yet they got it wholly and massively wrong, and U turned waaaay after that was obvious.
They weren't super smart. They had a trick, and it relied on the regulatory gap in which social media existed. The companies themselves have cracked down, and that's just the start. They'll never be as effective again. And that magic pollster they used had Trump down for a win. Now, he's just a guy who got it right a couple of times when others were wrong. Derren Brown's racing tipster scam comes to mind.
Last edited by a moderator: