This is opinion. So read it as such. But consider it please.

Obviously if you read this based on the title. I assume you oppose the Tories.

But if you are wondering why labour are so keen to manage expectations. There is a reason.

Campaign funding wise the Tories are estimated to be 19m ahead of labour. But honestly at the moment they are not spending a huge amount more.

We know the Tories are skilled at election manipulation. So there is genuine fear that the Tories plan to launch a campaign within the last few days.

I.E. when there is less time and funding to ensure fact checking is effective.

They know Starmer is more publicity aware then Corbyn was. He is able to play it in a way that dose not scare traditional Conservative voters.

They also know thanks to Boris, that the courts are unable to punish them for outright lies during any political campaign. And that Rishi is prepared to lie about and accuse civil servants of lying when challenged.

As huge as polling is against the Tories. All it would take is some dramatic claim against the party or Starmer. To convince Tory traditional voters to bite their tongue and vote Tory. While convincing left wing voters not to vote or to switch to 3rd party in seats where labour are the 1st or 2nd party.

The fact we know they have a huge amount of money unspent. Makes it clear they plan to launch something nearer the end of the election. And the only advantage of leaving it so late. Is it will limit the ability of the party to effectively react. Or fact checkers to be able to prove and distribute evidence of lies.

Please be prepared for this.

    • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
      14·
      6 months ago

      Was hoping we could leave the pedantic, snarky replies at Reddit.

      It’s the internet, who gives a fuck about someone’s spelling…

      • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukOPEnglish
        10·
        6 months ago

        Agreed. My grammar is bad. I am always happy when folks politely point out errors. Or ask to clarify things it confuses.

        But I am also visually impaired. So situations like this where every obvious typo is pointed out. I judge as being someone looking to reinforce their own feeling of lacking intelligence.

        Also, when you consider intelligence is a measure of a minds ability to adapt. Failing to interpret based on small errors in spelling etc. Is far from an indication of higher intelligence.

        • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
          6·
          6 months ago

          Yeah, spelling is just one form of intelligence.

          I feel sorry for anyone who thinks it’s worth bragging about though, there are so many forms of intelligence/talent that are far more valuable than spelling.

          • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukOPEnglish
            9·
            6 months ago

            It is one I respect. The written English language is so filled with contradictions keeping track is impressive.

            But judging people for not doing so. Is a bit like me as a Retired Software engineer judging folks who fail to understand C++ etc. It says more about my inability to recognise peoples use then the person I am judging.

    • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      12·
      6 months ago

      yeah when a visually impaired person types on a tablet errors happen. I am now at my larger PC Monitor and planning to fix.

      But remember. Grammar and spelling do not relate to the value of an opinion. They are not related to intelligence but judging folks for it is.

        • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
          15·
          6 months ago

          Don’t be a muppet all your life, mate. Dyslexia, op’s sight condition and a myriad of other conditions are not linked to intelligence but can result in poor grammar when written, especially as we’re writing internet comments and not books.

            • Skua@kbin.earth
              5·
              6 months ago

              If you’re going to comment on stupidity and causation, you should be able to realise that two different things can coincidentally create the same effect. What you’re doing here is equivalent to seeing people commenting in English and assuming that they’re all from the UK because of that, when they could actually just as easily be from another English-speaking country or have learnt English as a second language. Sure, a lot of English-speakers are from the UK, but if someone then says “no actually I’m Australian” and your response is to insist that “English speakers are often from the UK”, you’re being wilfully ignorant.

                • Skua@kbin.earth
                  4·
                  6 months ago

                  Why do you feel the need to keep insisting that stupidity can cause bad writing when nobody is actually arguing otherwise? What everyone is saying is “bad writing does not imply stupidity”. Those two statements are separate things.

        • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukOPEnglish
          7·
          6 months ago

          Dysgraphia and Dyslexia are related to a failure within a certain section of the brain. Intelligence relates to the minds ability to take information from one domain of knowledge and apply it to others. IE the brains ability to adapt to new situations.

          Language skills are a useful tool. Not a requirement for intelligence.