Brexit Party , Newspapers , Social Media

I am supporting Labour in this election so lots of retweets with Brexit graphics not a positive idea. But this blog has few readers and is more or less notes for a future publication. So there is one from Leave.EU further down.

Looks like Brexit Party will stand in 600 seats. The newspapers each seem to be backing conservatives and have started to attack Farage.

Sample ( archive shots later )

Daily Mail today has "Farage losthis nerve at the first whiff of grapeshot?......want Brexit to happen, they must vote Tory"

Telegraph front page headline - Farage "could ruin UK's hope of Brexit"

Saturday Sun says "Wrecker Nigel "

Sunday Express Arron Banks wants Brexit Party to concentrate on 40 to 50 seats held by Labour. (page 18) and also there is a two page advert from Brexit Party. Much less obvious pro Conservative than other papers.

Current version of Express formed by Richard Desmond so fits the billionaire meme presented by Corbyn. Now part of Reach with Mirror and they seem to be keeping the editorial policy.

But there may be a problem for circulation. Brexit Party without the media support it found in EU elections will turn to social media. The opinion pieces will be various. ERG so far still in newspapers praising the deal but I have seen one advocating no deal if parliament has not acted by end of January. So this is not exactly what I hear about Conservative support for deal. Also expects a hung parliament, not in the script. "The deal is like a ready made meal just pop it in the oven, all sorted by Xmas" Anyway more of this later.

By the way the Guardian is just as dependent on opinion as the other papers I think. They tend to a fairly simple LibDem Revoke opinion. Labour supporters will also turn to social media.

BBC and most telly still based on #No10sources but the story could get more complex.

Whether the numbers in the graphic are true I don't know. Just to illustrate priority for social media.

PS Just my opinion - If Brexit Party ends up with 40-50 candidates pitched against Labour they will have to explain why they are supporting the Conservatives and the deal. Maybe not, depends on the journalists.

Also this engagement may be based on adverts. I stay mostly with Twitter, seems organic but I may be in a bubble.