Showing posts with label EU Referendum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EU Referendum. Show all posts
Monday, 25 June 2018

Hedge funds shorting the referendum? The thing it's short on is fact

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On the face of it, the Bloomberg article is a bombshell. It's not so much that it names Nigel Farage but more that it points the finger ...
Thursday, 16 November 2017

People who think Twitter - with or without Russians - decided the referendum need to get out more

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There is an almighty panic afoot. It seems that a vast army of trolls in fur hats with snow on their boots are ruining our democracy by doi...
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Monday, 30 October 2017

Big Data didn't win it (my opening remarks from Battle of Ideas debate)

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I guess I represent all the axes of evil on this subject – I’m a qualified Conservative Party Agent, a professional marketer specialising i...
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Sunday, 29 October 2017

On those referendum Twitter bots...

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It was, of course, the Russians: The researchers also analysed the type of content the suspected bots were producing, finding this pool of ...
Sunday, 2 April 2017

A note on Conservative euroscepticism

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There's a fairly common retort from those who still wish to remain in the EU when it's pointed out that we've had a referendum t...
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Saturday, 31 December 2016

Brexit, fussbucketry and being a Tory - top posts of 2016

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In a fit of indulgence I thought I'd revisit my most popular postings of 2016. You never know with this sort of review, something might ...
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Sunday, 6 November 2016

Article 50 Case: Incompetence, lies and the importance of free speech

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I may have been misunderstood. Not because of anything I said but because of how some people decided they knew what I'd said or because...
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Friday, 14 October 2016

Quote of the day: On hate crime

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This is about the sum of it: The true story here is not that Britain became more hateful post-referendum, but that officialdom, aided by sp...
Sunday, 28 August 2016

So long as we're not free, we need democracy

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Thurber's Very Proper Gander in full flow I like and respect many Leavers, but I’ve never shared their enthusiasm for democracy –...
Tuesday, 9 August 2016

Why Remain lost (more evidence of bad marketing)

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**** Politico has done a long interview - really a cobbling together of three interviews - with Craig Oliver who, we're told, ran the ...
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Tuesday, 2 August 2016

More on why Remain lost (clue - it wasn't the media)

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**** It had seemed that we were getting to grips with the reasons behind the Brexit vote. Once we'd got over the cries of pain and ang...
Friday, 22 July 2016

Why Remain lost (redux)

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**** Can I start firstly by saying this is a marketing view not a political one (although inevitably there'll be some politics). And sec...
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Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Brexit means we're leaving the EU - it really is that simple

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**** "But what does Brexit mean?" In a multitude of comments, each coloured by the particular preference or prejudice of its ...
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Sunday, 3 July 2016

Why 'Stronger In' lost - the ad man's tale

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**** In a close political contest and especially one conducted across the whole nation, campaign tactics and execution matter. Which makes ...
Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Understanding the Conservative dilemma...

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**** Here are two of the ward level voting breakdowns* for the Shipley constituency: Wharfedale       Remain 4539 (60%)   Leave 3068 B...
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