Labour Party to advertise membership in national newspapers

Diane Abbott, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham, David Miliband and Ed Miliband have all received the requisite number of nominations and are standing to become the next Leader of The Labour Party.  The party are now seeking donations to advertise in a national newspaper the fact that if you join the ranks you’ll be eligible to vote in the election.

It seems that the Labour Party is seizing the opportunity of the contest, which will no doubt be closely fought and get significant national interest outside of Labour’s heartlands, to begin to rebuild its’ membership base.  Good idea.  Unlike making a slightly weird, 30 second long and overly-funky promo video…