[user104658]

Originally Posted by Greg!

It was a publicity stunt but it worked. The UK wide media didn't give a **** about the power grab but now they're finally talking about it

Exactly . I do enjoy the way that "It's a publicity stunt!!" is used as an automatic negative. If you want something to get publicity, and engage in a publicity stunt, and then the thing that you wanted to get publicity... gets publicity... then it seems pretty clear that a "publicity stunt!!" was exactly the right course of action .