The former immigration minister Phil Woolas was ejected from parliament yesterday after two high court judges ruled that he lied … More
Author: Benedict Pringle
Ten freakiest political ads from US mid-terms
Adweek have compiled a list of the ten freakiest campaign ads from the US mid-term elections. I’ve featured most of … More
Negative political advertising – it’s nasty, but it works
Two of adlands most prolific bloggers have today written about the depths that political advertising has plunged to during the … More
They work for us now
This is the best political advert from the Senate elections currently taking place in the USA. It’s set in 2030 … More
Oil & Water Do Not Mix
British Artist Anthony Burrill and Belgian creative agency Happiness Brusselsto have created a series of posters printed using the crude … More
Conservative Party Political Broadcast – October 2010
A nicely balanced ppb from the Tories. It follows a fairly standard format – assessment of what went wrong, justification … More
Conservative ‘Big Society’ Posters
In the weeks before polling day of the last general election, the Conservative Party ran a load of posters on … More
10:10 – No Pressure
I somehow managed to miss the release of this video by climate change campaign organisation 10:10. The video, unsurprisingly, caused … More
Clown elected as Congressman. An actual one.
A Brazilian clown named ‘Grumpy’ (AKA Francisco Oliveira Silva) has won a seat in Brazil’s Congressional elections. He gained 1.3 … More
I’m not a witch
Christine O’Donnell – a member of the Tea Party movement, who recently ousted the Republican establishments’ preferred candidate in the … More