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No way is Britain’s general election a done deal. Polls disguise huge uncertainty (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 months ago by frankPodmore@slrpnk.net to c/uk_politics

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[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (9 children)

This is what I've been thinking. The unending narrative push that labour have this one already sewn up makes me almost suspect a psyop of sorts. The only thing proving otherwise is that there can't be anyone behind such a push. The right have proven they can't put up a unified front against a stiff breeze and the left don't stand to gain at all from the false sense of security that will result in lower turn out if people think it's going to go their way anyway.

[–] wtfrank 6 points 5 months ago

Tory campaigners and their media assistants will definitely have calculated that playing up the narrative of landslide benefits them:

encourages (remaining) Tory voters to vote out of fear
complacency among Labour voters will cause some to stay at home
complacency among left/centre tactical will cause some to just vote green instead of whichever party maximises chance of removing Tories.

The landslide narrative is dangerous for Labour and it's certainly not being promulgated by their campaign.

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