British politics now is conducted in darkness,inside closed proprietary systems that belong to multinationals owned by billionairesDid you see Jeremy Corbyn enrapturing a packed rally with Shelley, with lines about lions rising after slumber? Or did you see Corbyn whining on to creepy music about the IRA? whether you spent any time online in the last month, and you will bear seen some form of propaganda,but which? Which lies do you get? Who targeted you? With what? And why?You probably wont know, won’t ever know. Because that’s how we now do politics in Britain: in darkness, and inside closed,proprietary systems that belong to multinational companies owned by billionaires. In 2017, our electoral laws, and largely based on the campaigning landscape of the 1880s,simply don’t work any more. This isn’t the opinion of some leftie moaning on but the considered opinion of Britain’s main experts in the field. It’s the findings of a working group set up by the LSE to investigate how digital campaigning has changed politics. Related: The remarkable British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked Tell the country Jeremy Corbyn has introduced a tax on kittens, or Theresa May snacks on them, and its a gigantic so what?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com