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The extremely online election

Joel Golby sifts through the digital detritus of the 2019 general election

  • Matt Hancock

    The Tories have punched truth in the face

    Joel Golby
    A mendacious tweet-storm about a phantom punch drowned out the fact that a child was left lying on a hospital floor, says Joel Golby, author of Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
  • Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson.

    Behold, the perfect fake tweet. Look and learn, Putin

    Joel Golby
    Whoever was behind the ‘Jo Swinson quitting’ tweet struck gold. No wonder politicians were suckered in, says Joel Golby, author of Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
  • Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Philatelic Society headquarters, central London.

    So the Queen is NOT dead. Wow, even ‘Gibbo’ is lying to us now

    Joel Golby
    The internet’s favourite rumour has resurfaced – and the man behind it all is a mysterious texter with a penis for an avatar, says author Joel Golby
  • Boris Johnson eating a scone at Rodda’s creamery in Redruth, Cornwall, November 2019

    Look at Boris Johnson eating a scone. This? This is your shagger god?

    Joel Golby
    From the prime minister’s mangled baked good to Dominic Cummings’ bat signal: just another week for the Conservatives, says Joel Golby, author of Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
  • Boris Johnson during BBC Question Time leaders’ special debate in Sheffield, 22 November 2019

    This week on Twitter: things that didn’t actually happen to Boris Johnson

    Joel Golby
    An ‘anonymous’ letter of support. The prime minister not being laughed at. Who cares about the truth? There’s an election going on, says author Joel Golby
  • Jo Swinson

    This week’s biggest Twitter controversy? Jo Swinson’s squirrel problem

    Joel Golby
    Never mind the CCHQ ‘FactcheckUK’ scandal – this was the most explosive online ruckus, says author Joel Golby
  • 2010 General Election campaign Apr 30th<br>Ed Balls, Labour MP, in a discussion with Conservative candidate Antony Calvert (right) during a head to head public debate with the other prospective MPs for the constituency of Morley and Outwood held in Morley town centre. .

    Would-be MPs are losing the battle against an almighty enemy: their online selves

    Joel Golby
    With candidates dropping like flies thanks to their digital idiocy, the Tories’ obliviousness to social media has become a virtue, says Guardian columnist Joel Golby
  • Screengrab from Boris Johnson campaign video

    Hold your nose – Boris Johnson is trying to meme himself

    Joel Golby
    Brace yourselves, voters. When the Actual Prime Minister appears in a Vogue knock-off video, worse is to come, says columnist Joel Golby
  • Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a remembrance service in Wolverhampton<br>Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson lays a wreath as he attends a remembrance service on Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War in 1918, in Wolverhampton, Britain, November 11, 2019. Ben Stansall/Pool via REUTERS REFILE - CORRECTING BYLINE

    It’s not a conspiracy. Boris Johnson is just bad at laying wreaths and mopping floors

    Joel Golby
    Using old footage of the PM laying a wreath was a rookie error from the BBC. Meanwhile, the Lib Dems get stuck into an Egg McMuffin, says writer Joel Golby
  • Michael Gove

    Gove’s bumbling tweets have set the tone for this extremely online election

    Joel Golby
    Every election needs a theme. I’m betting on ‘public figures embarrassing themselves on the internet’ , says author Joel Golby
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