Boris Johnson uses search terms in interviews to hide negative articles?

Re:Boris Johnson uses search terms in interviews to hide neg... by VBprogrammer on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @10:14AM (#21125522)

I've just realised that another example of this was his momentary diversion on building a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland. This reeks of an attempt to divert attention from his failed garden bridge project as London Major. Googling "boris johnson bridge" is filled with articles about he former for me at least.

The thing is, it doesn't have to be completely successful for it to be worth his while doing. It probably serves multiple purposes, like changing the current news cycle.

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Re:Boris Johnson uses search terms in interviews to hide neg... by lonelappde on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @01:51PM (#21128431)

This is insane. He's been a politician for many years. What could he possibly say that doesn't have any nouns in common with some other issue? Busses, models, bridges, what else is Johnson now banned from life for mentioning?

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Re:Boris Johnson uses search terms in interviews to hide neg... by VBprogrammer on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:21AM (#21134620)

I'm not a big believer in conspiracy theories and I'm the first to admit that this could be entirely coincidental.

However, my gut feeling is that that some of these statements were so unusually phrased or just plain strange that I'm leaning more towards this being a deliberate effort to obscure some unfavourable stories.

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