• Zagorath@aussie.zoneOP
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    4 months ago

    Is it? It looked to me like he was calling out everyone apart from Count Binface. In fact, as far as Lib Dems go, the one that stood out to me the most was probably one that showed them in a fairly good light. He pointed out how, in a seat where the race is between LD and Con, the chart showed those two accurately, and overrepresented the smaller parties. And even that overrepresentation is fairly simply explained by graphic design needs. The arrow at the top of the bar is similarly obviously explained: an arrow represents directional change. They’re signalling “hey, vote for us and this is where we could be!”

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      4 months ago

      Even in this video the presenter details how they often used values from completely unrelated elections because it made them look better.

      Worth highlighting that the more egregious manipulation from the Lib Dems would not be in a constituency where they actually stand a chance (where the video presenter is based and used as a source for his leaflets). The worst is when they’re solidly in third, where they misrepresent their position and cynically try to take votes away from the actual alternative contender—you see more cases of that in the articles linked in the video description