🧵 The anatomy of a political smear job.

Lies circulated yesterday, stating that @SuellaBraverman WOULD DEFECT TO REFORM.

These originated yesterday with inews, 19 hours ago.

Three reporters were credited with the byline: Donaldson, Gye & Vaughan.

1/17 Kitty Donaldson, claimed an 'exclusive' 18 hours ago on X.

Hugo Gye did not, nor did he retweet anything.

Richard Vaughan merely retweeted Donaldson's tweet about an hour afterwards.

2/17

🧵How the @BBC authors & spreads #terrorist-oriented #disinformation.
@BBC News are not only #antisemitic but unable to tell fact from Hamas propaganda fiction, content to use hack journalists sucking content from other islamist news channels.

They posted this yesterday!

1/22 This was that post:

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bbc.com/news/articles/…

#Conservative MPs & peers hoping for their Party's fortunes to be rescued by continuing to cling to #Sunak, or for personal favours from #Sunak, really need to reacquaint themselves with the tale of the frog & the scorpion.
1/ cont. As we know, the frog offers the scorpion a lift over a raging river. The scorpion accepts, but half way across, stings the frog, dooming both in the process.

The scorpion cannot help but be himself.

2/ cont.

We have cause to be grateful to #Sunak, yes grateful. For he has done what no one else, not #Boris' friends, allies or supporters, could.
He has finally woken the sleeping giant.

1/cont. #Sunak has been a very silly boy. Even after everything #Sunak did to him, #Boris was content to sit quietly in the backbenches as a loyal #Conservative. But tonight, there was a turning point, the letter to the Privileges Committee. Finally #Boris had had enough.

2/cont

Why #Kwarteng should have sacked the #Governor of the Bank of England.

/thread Kwasi #Kwarteng would not have realised, when he first announced his intention to be a tax-cutting, pro-growth, fiscally-responsible #Chancellor that he had immediately set in motion the daggers that would be thrust in his back 38 days later.
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This is the lie that #Sunak & his stooges are trying to sell...

https://twitter.com/Quincun36705461/status/1649059253204729858?s=20

THREAD: #Sunak, the man who created this "profound #economic #crisis, seems to have no clue how to fix it - less than #Kwarteng for sure!
cont.

https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1584114970723512321

No, I & millions of others are not happy about paying for your mistakes #Sunak!
cont.

#Sunak, Prime M0R0N is going to maintain size of public sector but cut their budget - some same useless resources for even less useless work.
CONT. #Sunak, Prime M0R0N is going raise taxes, hindering growth, choking business, meaning less money in the economy & raising less revenue for government.
CONT.

The #Braverman #leaks have wider implications that speak to basic technological & governmental competencies for elected representatives & officials alike! Thread....
order-order.com/2022/10/31/rea… via @GuidoFawkes @GuidoFawkes 1. Why was the Minister of State for the Home Office, a department responsible for national security, not herself aware of the #cybersecurity risks which attend e-mails.
2. Why was #Braverman not #briefed accordingly upon taking up the role? Or if she was, why take the risk?

@ProfTimBale @peteratcmc @tortoise @Conservatives @law_and_policy @Conservatives Nuked! Absolutely nuked!
First mistake: #CCHQ (assumed to be authorised by #Mott, Party Board & #Brady) & both candidates referring to position of PM assumptively - this is 'extra domum'. Only Her Majesty has this power. Crass amateur mistake! @ProfTimBale @peteratcmc @tortoise @Conservatives @law_and_policy Second mistake: despite repeated requests from @peteratcmc & members, continuing opacity by #CCHQ (inc. use of GDPR as excuse.) #CCHQ systems are
unequal to the data questions put for transparency's sake. The process @Conservatives, anything but rigorous!