• 520@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    You know you done fucked up when even your partisan viewerbase thinks things have gone horribly fucking wrong.

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      9 months ago

      Quick check of the article shows what was already obvious here. Someone with reach tweeted the link to their largely pro-EU followers, who then did the thing and hijacked the poll to amusing effect.

      Headline is likely a bit misleading though.

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        9 months ago

        The original poll was locked behind a pay wall, which is arguably less representative than what they ended up with. And even with the poll limited to those paying for GB News, who one would expect to skew right politically, it showed a third of that sample would still want to rejoin.

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        9 months ago

        I mean, polls on less fundamentalist outlets have shown similar results. Brexit really has been a pure trainwreck for the UK, and the current government is an absolute mess. They’ve not long had a prime minister that lasted less time than a school summer holiday.

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    9 months ago

    If only the entire world shoving economic studies and projections based on policy into England’s face was enough to curb the misplaced and confused xenophobia that drove Brexit.

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    9 months ago

    That website was the worst thing I’ve seen for a while on mobile. Couldn’t make it past the pop ups even after a decent attempt