The Left Are Using the Wrong Weapons to Attack Johnson

Sure, some of it might deter moderate Tories and left Brexiteers from voting Conservative. However, I strongly doubt the hardliners on the right wing really care if BoJo:

• called gay people as tank top bum boys
• said Muslim women wearing Burkas look like letter boxes
• asked if we can consider same sex marriage then should three men be allowed to marry a dog
• plotted to beat up a journalist
• called black people piccaninnies

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That's not where the crown jewels are so to speak. If the Tories are smart enough to to smear Corbyn with things the left care about (anti-semitism), we need to get much smarter. This is what is more likely to anger those groups:

• the fact BoJo failed to deliver on the Oct 31st deadline
• the fact BoJo released Usman Kahn
• the accusation BoJo said "f**k the families" about the victims of the 7/7 terrorist attacks

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Other possible rage material (but treading with caution given affiliations for America/Trump):

• BoJo selling out to the Americans (Arcuri scandal)
• BoJo selling out to the Americans (backdoor privatisation of the NHS)

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That's the bread and butter. The hardline right just see focus on the other issues as a weakness so why even bother? It's not like people who care about left issues would ever vote Conservative in this election anyway. We have a very serious issue this election because the left is heavily divided (votes split between Labour, Lib Dem and SNP as well as Greens and Plaid Cymru) while most people on the right will just vote Tory. On top of that, the Tories have FPTP and social media manipulation at their disposal. To counter this the left drastically need to get their thinking caps on!

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