Opinion: The Tories' fake ‘fact-checking’ service is a desperate, Trump-style move

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The US president cares little for how he is viewed beyond his core supporters. The Conservatives owe British voters better than that

Beyond his words there have been numerous examples of behaviour that is not far away from the latest Conservative stunt. In May Trump tweeted retweeted a heavily edited video that falsely claimed the Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had difficulty speaking to reporters - not unlike the Starmer video. There is also his failure to condemn a doctored video from the Kingsman film franchise show at a pro-Trump conference held in Miami in October.

 

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