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Why trust is an election issue for Boris Johnson

What is the main take away from ITV’s leaders’ debate? Listen to the news bulletins and it appears to be that the Conservatives have been accused of misleading the public. During the debate on Wednesday night, one of the Conservative party Twitter accounts was renamed (and rebranded) as a ‘fact-checking’ site. Throughout the showdown between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, the account published tweets suggesting Labour claims did not add up. For those who looked, the Twitter handle was still @CCHQPress.

Today there has been a backlash over that decision. While the Tories say it was a mere campaign stunt, the Liberal Democrats have called on the Electoral Commission to intervene. Twitter has also issued the Tories a warning of sorts – promising ‘decisive, corrective’ action if something similar happens in the future.  Does it matter? Dominic Raab dismissed the row this morning as a storm in a teacup – saying

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