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Conservative Party BuzzFeed Ed Balls

Good job or just balls? Conservatives use Buzzfeed to kick Labour

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By Ishbel Macleod, PR and social media consultant

April 11, 2014 | 1 min read

Good old Buzzfeed. You want an article about sleeping kittens? It’s there. Looking to find out what your Game of Thones name would be? Found it. But now the Conservatives have created a Buzzfeed article, slagging off shadow chancellor Ed Balls.

This is an interesting propaganda move ahead of the 2015 general election. With the 2010 election being called ‘the first social media election’, does this mean that tactics will ramp up for next year, with sites such as Buzzfeed used to poke fun at rivals, instead of using debates?

The article calls Balls ‘a man in denial’ who ‘hasn’t got a clue’. It ends “how much longer can this Shadow Chancellor cling on to his job?”

And, if you’re wondering, my Game of Thrones name is Lady Ishberia Clegaine, The Little Lion.

Conservative Party BuzzFeed Ed Balls

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