QUOTE (DavidT @ 15th Jul 2013, 05:24am)

Lynton Crosby is Mr. Project Fear. He`s the government aide who recently put a stop to plain packaging for fags (his lobbying company represents tobacco companies). He spins north sea oil stories (his lobbying company has clients in the petroleum industry). He gets chums in the media to run scare stories. In the run up to Australian elections, he had sympathetic papers increase the frequency of immigration related stories.
The latest news on him links him to fracking.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/polit...ed-8708331.htmlAnd his “dark magic” worked!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23358329They`ll tweak this strategy for our Referendum: forget Independence discussions with the UK. We throwbacks are too childlike to understand the “adult issues” involved. So scaremongering`s the order of the day. And from a foreigner they parachuted in! Even No-ers should seethe: you`re being denied the chance to express your beliefs.
Ching-ching! Crosbie will be rewarded come a possible No vote. Plus... promotion to masterminding the 2015 election! (The strategy? Immigration-scaremongering). But buyer beware: the UK can`t outmanoeuvre immigration-chancers. The EU won`t let them. And, since Brussels is the Tories` pension plan, they only claim they want to quit. Safe in the knowledge Mr Crosby lingers in the wings to mastermind that Referendum`s strategy too. With a rigged question. Ching-ching!
No wonder fag-making pals bunged him $6 mill for killing plain packaging. After all, how can one groom impressionable young kids without a photo blitzkrieg of bikini-clad lungs -- sorry -- girls? (Tories pals can advise him on “minimising” the tax).
It would seem every principle has a price. And the lesson is, don`t sell it short...