Westminster Politics

Just caught up with both Hunt and Boris' interview with Kuensssberg. It is like they both don't understand what is going on. Both are in their own version of fantasy land.
 


Not bad from whoever's in control of his twitter
 
Sweet Square said:
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Saw that this morning, very funny. Although I have since been persuaded that Johnson deliberately gave a nonsensical answer to get people talking about that rather than issues that actually matter. The 'dead cat' method, as he's previously labelled it.
 


feck.

Also - https://parall.ax/blog/view/3301/boris-johnson-the-unlikely-seo-strategist

On the 20th June, if you typed in the term ‘boris bus’ into Google, you would have been supplied with news stories, tweets and articles on Boris Johnson’s Routemaster buses. If you look at the first list of URLS below, you’ll see four of the six ranking articles for this key term are unsavoury articles about the failure of his buses.

Now take a look above at the second set of URLS and see what you get today. Three top stories with his name and the phrase ‘model buses’, three Tweets mentioning ‘model buses’ and his name, and then four organic search results, two of which are about him and ‘model buses’. This is only one day in too – remember, search is a long game, not a short game.

If you look at Google clickthrough stats, the top three positions have CTRs from nearly 30% in first position to 10% in third position. In the lower positions of 9 to 10, CTR has fallen to a sub 2%, according to Smart Insights. Mentions from so many high tier publications with hefty domain authorities are pushing down ‘Routemaster bus’ related articles and replacing them with articles about Boris making… model buses.

Not only has Boris used his infamous ‘dead cat strategy’ to move the conversation away from him and Carrie Symonds and his plans for Brexit, he’s managed to push down his past mistakes on Google, too – making it more difficult for people to get a quick snapshot of relevant information. He’s not just controlling the narrative here – he’s practically rewriting it. And judged by the standards of an SEO campaign, it’s hard to describe it as anything other than a resounding success.
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It might remove it from the suggested search results but surely people won't so easily forget the £350m for the NHS lie.
 
Lynton Crosby has definitely played people, but mainly by making normally rational people think he's some kind of Machiavellian genius rather than a guy that just knows how to play dogwhistle politics very well.
 
BobbyManc said:
I'm now convinced it was indeed a masterstroke. We've been played.
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To see the new results you have to have typed 'Boris Johnson Bus' into Google. If you didn't already know anything about the £350m bus thing, why would you do that in the first place?
 
Kentonio said:
To see the new results you have to have typed 'Boris Johnson Bus' into Google. If you didn't already know anything about the £350m bus thing, why would you do that in the first place?
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Yeah that’s what I thought.

“Holy feck, I just happened to type ‘Boris Bus’ into Google and... well you need to take a look at this... he promised £350m a week to the NHS... I’m speechless”
 
Pogue Mahone said:


Anyone know what this is about?
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Boris doesn’t want the job. Absolutely convinced of it. Why would he? Whatever outcome will absolutely ruin him politically.

His plan all along was to be the one to pick up the prices from whoever makes a mess of getting it over the line.
 
sun_tzu said:
very much so

Given that Sophie writes for the Guardian i think its pretty likely if she had any info it would be in the public domain double quick time
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Or she’s part of a discussion but isn’t able to source and verify the information before running with it, hence why she’s fishing.
 
Pexbo said:
Or she’s part of a discussion but isn’t able to source and verify the information before running with it, hence why she’s fishing.
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If they have not managed to varify information in 4 days I'd be tempted to think there is nothing there to verify given how much effor they would be likley to be putting into something like that in the middle of an election
that said its boris so im not sure what the hell could come out that would convince poeple he is unsuitable for office if the last 20 years or so hasnt convinced them of that
 
I'm surprised people don't seem to know about the assault thing, been common knowledge for decades. His supporters just don't/won't care. He was either goaded into it, it's been exaggerated, it's proof he's a cool maverick, or past mistakes shouldn't detract from where we are now etc.
 
Ok I want us all to make a bit of money out of this fiasco, so @sun_tzu @Sassy Colin as our resident Tories (or as close as we have?) do you expect Boris to Win and what do you think his overall vote percentage will be?
 
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