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[–] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Remember that time it was leaked that Mi5 was running a bot farm out of a disused mill?

The British state had (has?) a literal propaganda mill.

For months leading up to the general election, you'd see the same comments in their tens, sometimes hundreds, popping up to defend Boris Johnson. And the same same copy-paste comments attacking Jeremy Corbyn.