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A look back at the USA’s 2022 political advertising

AdImpact has compiled a report that looks back at political advertising in the USA’s 2022 election cycle. It features in-depth … More

Target Talk: turning out for reproductive freedom

Welcome to another episode of Target Talk. The Democrats have shared one of the audiences they built for online advertising … More

Misleading election ads during the Super Thursday campaign

It’s my strong belief that electoral advertising should be regulated so that fact-based claims are accurate. At the moment there … More

Election campaigns and covid: what happens if we all go postal?

The government expects the number of postal votes to surge for the “Super Thursday” elections taking place on 6th May. … More

Facebook users can now block political ads from their feeds

The next political ad you see on Facebook could be your last: the social media giant is going to allow … More

Twitter’s ban on political ads is bad for democracy

It’s a huge shame that Twitter have decided to stop accepting political advertising on their platform. It is understandable that … More

“Stop Stella” controversy highlights need for political ad reform

I’ve written an article for The New European on why the controversy over the recent “Stop Stella” campaign shows that … More

“Thatcher’s adman” Lord Bell has died

Lord Bell, known as “Thatcher’s adman”, has died at the age of 77. He was Managing Director of Saatchi&Saatchi when … More

Emerging ‘deepfake’ technology will turbocharge fake news

‘Deepfake’ is an emerging technology that allows people to create fairly realistic face-and-voice-swap videos. It was recently used for the … More

Launch: a new coalition to reform political advertising

In recent years, the rules designed to safeguard against the spread of disinformation and promote healthy political debate haven’t kept … More

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One week to go. It’s doesn’t matter how many votes you get, it’s about where you set the bar. #politicalcartoon 😬 Darlington Conservatives have distributed a campaign leaflet attacking the Green Party designed in the style of a discount supermarket advertisement, featuring images of drugs alongside listed prices and promotional-style offers. If you’re an MP - or you work for one - I need your help! There’s a once in a generation chance to improve the quality of information at election time by making election advertising regulation part of the Representation of the People bill, which is currently in committee stage. If you’d like any more information I’d be very happy to provide it. Postal votes have started landing on doormats across the country and with that, the Labour Party has kicked off its get-out-the-postal-vote campaign. Reform UK’s new slogan is… kind of weird. Weird slogan choice by Reform UK for the 2026 elections. The secret to crisis management? Never let the Beast go hungry. There’s a helluva lot of interesting stuff in this playbook. Not going to pretend I’ve read and digested all 200+ pages yet. But I will do and will be better for it. The public has a voice, but the party has a veto.

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