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Tories accused of misleading public with ‘factcheck’ Twitter stunt – only 5 responses you need

John Plunkett. Updated November 20th, 2019

There’s pretty much only one thing people are talking about after last night’s so-called leadership debate and it’s got nothing to do with anything either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn said.

It was the Tory party’s decision to rebrand their official Twitter account from CCHQPress to factcheckUK.

Critics said the Conservatives were misleading the public and Twitter agreed. They said this.

“Twitter is committed to facilitating healthy debate throughout the UK general election. We have global rules in place that prohibit behaviour that can mislead people, including those with verified accounts. Any further attempts to mislead people by editing verified profile information – in a manner seen during the UK election debate – will result in decisive corrective action.”

But party chairman James Cleverly defended it, obviously. Here he is on BBC2’s Newsnight last night.

And these are the only 5 responses you need.

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https://twitter.com/joelycett/status/1196887913465892867?s=20

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https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1197091906213335041?s=20

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