I wonder if these ads aren't basically something that has escaped from their natural home as dark Facebook political ads targeted to Tory voters who might otherwise vote Reform in non-London seats. In that context, you'd think "ah right I can see the strategy here, even if it's noxious" (and echoes the Vote Leave strategy in 2016). Putti…
I wonder if these ads aren't basically something that has escaped from their natural home as dark Facebook political ads targeted to Tory voters who might otherwise vote Reform in non-London seats. In that context, you'd think "ah right I can see the strategy here, even if it's noxious" (and echoes the Vote Leave strategy in 2016). Putting it out on social media where everyone can see it though is just weird. I'd be interested to know if this does have a Facebook life where it's being targeted in that way.
Anecdotally, it's the kind of ad I could see working on my aunt. She is an increasingly radicalised, right wing woman in her late 60s, who is known to mention things like 'no go areas' in London, and worryingly adjacent to 'great replacement theory' rhetoric.
I wonder if these ads aren't basically something that has escaped from their natural home as dark Facebook political ads targeted to Tory voters who might otherwise vote Reform in non-London seats. In that context, you'd think "ah right I can see the strategy here, even if it's noxious" (and echoes the Vote Leave strategy in 2016). Putting it out on social media where everyone can see it though is just weird. I'd be interested to know if this does have a Facebook life where it's being targeted in that way.
Anecdotally, it's the kind of ad I could see working on my aunt. She is an increasingly radicalised, right wing woman in her late 60s, who is known to mention things like 'no go areas' in London, and worryingly adjacent to 'great replacement theory' rhetoric.