Talk:dead cat

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Latest comment: 2 years ago by RobbieIanMorrison in topic Political strategy usage
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Political strategy usage[edit]

Another use of "dead cat", as coined by political strategist w:Lynton Crosby. It apparently means "to describe the act of wilfully talking up one hot-button issue to divert attention from another". I guess it could be a verb as well as a noun?

  • Lothian-McLean, Moya (2022 April 18) “Offshoring in Rwanda isn't a 'dead cat' to distract from Partygate, it's just plain inhumane”, in The Guardian[1], London, United Kingdom, →ISSN, retrieved 2022-04-18

Hope this helps. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 19:51, 18 April 2022 (UTC)Reply