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Huawei Translation

The ERG is gunning for Huawei today, and so I find myself in the unlikely role of translating for you

First some rules
1. 45% of the ERG are "Reversers" - it's always the case that the opposite of what they say is correct. This can be useful ofc.
ERG2

2. Another 45% are "Distractors". Like an indirect Reverser, but by omission. Anything they don't say is true.

Both of these groups have pure motivations - personal gain, bribes political influence; the Billionaire Offshore press is blackmailing them etc.

Simples?
ERG3

3. A surprisingly small 5% are Zealots. e.g. believing UK will single-handedly change Global Trade.

Or No Deal hasn't left us with no leverage, totally screwed.

They're best ignored. Everything they say is nuts but they believe and have built a huge wall against doubt.
ERG 4.

4. Useful Idiot Patsies 5%
Mostly just there to say stuff they can't discern or for cannon fodder.

E.g. You objected to backstop but now have to sneak 10 smaller backstops through without anyone noticing.

Someone notices...
ERG 5.

Play a patsy. Their argument will be so incoherent they'll personally lose political capital...but they didn't have much anyway and everyone will give up asking. Win.

They are no more informative than Zealots but way funnier. Plus you learn about NI taxis etc.
ERG 6
OK now you have the rules, you can discard anything the 3s and 4s. say. Keep the 4s for amusing anecdotes if you want.

Then you have to separate the rest into 1s (R) and 2s (D) and simply reverse of find the omissions.

Let me demonstrate.
ERG 7
"Arguments"

Huawei is an extension of China and so a risk to UK security. Huawei should immediately be restricted and all tech removed by 2022.
The UK will isolate itself from other Nations if it works with Huawei (this LOL notion from brexiters is from a 1 not a 4)
...TRANSLATE...TRANSLATE...

Huawei is of no threat to UK we have them contained (R) but it pisses Trump off and we have enough trouble with a shit US trade deal not delivering any upside (D).
We need that deal in force by 2023, it'll be bad but we'll sell uplands for 2024 GE (D)
...TRANSLATE...TRANSLATE...

There's no risk of isolation, idiot, we'd be the guys pushjg for that (R)! But the EU is pursuing Huawei Tech and that might make us less isolated from them. And we don't want that impossible to explain even for a Patsy embarrassment. (D)
...TRANSLATE...TRANSLATE...

Plus we've all got huge direct or indirect backhanders or benefits in kind, eg tropical holidays, and we don't want our legs broken if we drop this now (All but led by D).

...END TRANSLATE...
ERG11.

See how easy that is?
And how much more transparent and coherent an explanation of motivation for opposing Huawei it is?

It's a shame it can't actually be stated. The corruption is there anyway so they're not making it worse. But the beautiful transparency 😉🙃
Bonus #WFPWS

With minor adjustments our algorithm translates the biased reporting of the 75% of our Press owned in Offshore Tax havens, & dictated by Billionaires.

#WhataFreePressWouldSay is a rolling feed in dev, with side by side translations against original Propaganada.
#WFPWS
Soon we'll detoxify in real-time, an app will displace Press sites with same content MINUS

Bias
Fakery
Deliberate omissions
Editorial interference

This effort needs volunteers. It'll be a democratic shot in the arm

If you can give time to
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