With the
election nearly upon us, here’s a handy guide to the tactics employed by politicians to influence voters
If you’ve been unlucky enough to stumble on to
Twitter or
Facebook and you have more than one friend who engages with politics, you might have noticed the mood online over this election has become… turbulent.
Among the usual pictures of smiling canvassers and reports of a “great reception on the doorstep” are increasingly furious claims and counterclaims of dirty tricks, dodgy memes, misleading adverts and dozens of other kinds of misbehaviour.