"Furious fishermen threaten to dump rotting seafood in Downing Street unless Boris Johnson sorts out delays to exports since Brexit"
The article is desperately sad, but it's the comments that are interesting. Daily Mail, yet the Leavers all but vanished! dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
The article is desperately sad, but it's the comments that are interesting. Daily Mail, yet the Leavers all but vanished! dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
"Boris Johnson hints Scottish fishermen will get 'compensation' for 'temporary' Brexit loss"
Here's the Express version. The comment section is nothing but cobwebs... 3 in total.
Whereas the jingoistic anti-EU articles are still getting 300-700 comments!
express.co.uk/news/politics/…
Here's the Express version. The comment section is nothing but cobwebs... 3 in total.
Whereas the jingoistic anti-EU articles are still getting 300-700 comments!
express.co.uk/news/politics/…
"NO GO One of world’s biggest transport firms halts deliveries to UK over ‘Brexit red tape’"
Bad Brexit news in the Sun, and there too the commenters have magically melted away.
Just 9 comments, vs over 120 on an article moaning about the French.
thesun.co.uk/news/13737684/…
Bad Brexit news in the Sun, and there too the commenters have magically melted away.
Just 9 comments, vs over 120 on an article moaning about the French.
thesun.co.uk/news/13737684/…
So it's very, very early days, but we may be seeing the beginnings of a trend.
Where the facts are unassailable, and bad, the Leavers stay away.
Where the narrative is the kind of chum the tabloids have been throwing to them for five years, they continue their feeding frenzy.
Where the facts are unassailable, and bad, the Leavers stay away.
Where the narrative is the kind of chum the tabloids have been throwing to them for five years, they continue their feeding frenzy.
But that provides a glimmer of hope, because it indicates they are reading - or at least glancing at - the bad stuff, and it's having enough of an impact on them to keep their itchy comment fingers away from the keyboard.
Over time, that effect should build & deradicalise them.
Over time, that effect should build & deradicalise them.
There is no way all the impact of years of relentless, poisonous lies will drain away in a few weeks. But the direction of travel is hopeful.
The only positive about the reality of Brexit is that it puts people off Brexit. Eventually, that will count for something...
The only positive about the reality of Brexit is that it puts people off Brexit. Eventually, that will count for something...
(If you're holding out for an apology and a public admission that they got it wrong, you're likely to be sorely disappointed. A few may recant - most will pivot privately. Brexit scepticism will build slowly and it will build quietly, but it *will* build...)
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