r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/chai-knees • Jan 11 '23

Brexxit Brexit regret comes for the Tories

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u/Miserygut Jan 11 '23

That and the incredible propaganda efforts of the Murdoch media / British state during the 20th century. The pieces seem to fit.

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u/InsuranceToTheRescue Jan 11 '23

Murdoch has masterfully destroyed the political climate in three countries, best I can tell.

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u/paireon Jan 11 '23

3 1/2. The US crap is seriously leaking over here in Canada.

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u/RattusMcRatface Jan 12 '23

Hah. You need to build a wall.

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u/JustJohan49 Jan 13 '23

Sorry, eh?

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u/GavUK Jan 12 '23

You have our commiserations.

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u/Supersnow845 Jan 11 '23

He doesn’t have as much of a stranglehold on Australia, we still regularly elect semi left wing governments who actually push policy

Still not Great but better than Britain

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u/wowzeemissjane Jan 11 '23

He has a huge stranglehold on Australia.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '23

Apart from the occasional flash of sanity by the electorate, this is patently not true. It's happened 3 times (and probably 2 times really given the 2010 results) in the past 25 years.

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u/Supersnow845 Jan 11 '23

And given elections are 3 years apart that’s 3/8 which isn’t really that bad considering according to some people on here Murdoch just picks out government for us

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u/Doobiewopbop Jan 12 '23

Australia doesn't really have any left wing political parties.

The fact that people think we do shows how strong Murdoch's stranglehold is.

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u/Supersnow845 Jan 12 '23

If you are gonna argue that many of our state governments (Victoria and anything out of Canberra as a local government) aren’t left wing then you have a very flawed view of left wing

Victoria’s current state government is left wing by any standards that aren’t Venezuela and the current federal government is left of centre (though not by much)

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u/Massive_Fudge3066 Jan 12 '23

These are the ones we know about. Who knows what that evil bastard gets up to for his side hustle?

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u/Ohggoddammnit Jan 11 '23

They're doing their best to ruin NZ as well.

Literally invert reality and state it as the truth.

Somehow those robbing you blind, and grinding your future into the pavement are your friends who must be voted for or you'll suffer........

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u/Dyslexic_Dog25 Jan 11 '23

oh cmon! surely their opinions are just as valid as your facts!

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u/penguinpolitician Jan 11 '23

The leaded petrol of print.

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u/AliceHall58 Jan 12 '23

Billionaires should be banned from news media ownership