Last week Iain Dale, an influential journalist and commentator, lamented that the “good plain old-fashioned party poster” stuck in the … More
Category: political advertising
Advertising industry trade body joins calls for changes to political ad regulation
This site has long argued that rules around political advertising need to change and be brought up-to-date. The main reason … More
Mark Zuckerberg takes action to improve transparency of political advertising on Facebook
Yesterday Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook about the measures he was taking to improve transparency around political advertising on his … More
Cambridge Analytica scandal shouldn’t mean a return to a pre-digital age of political campaigning
Here’s a clip of my appearance on Aljazeera where I explain that using micro targeting and personalisation in political campaigning … More
Podcast: Government vs The Robots
I’m this week’s guest on the excellent Government vs The Robots podcast. If you use iTunes the link to the … More
Hope to nope: political graphic design exhibition
Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008-18 is a new exhibition at The Design Museum in London which opens on … More
Event: European Association of Political Consultants conference and awards 2018
The European Association of Political Consultants (EAPC) is the European trade association for the political communication industry. Each year, the … More
Riding the wave of electoral volatility
The last eighteen months of elections in Western democracies have had one constant: volatility. Britain voting to leave the EU … More
The politicaladvertising.co.uk campaign awards 2017
What a brilliant year of elections we’ve had. We were treated to an enthralling and unexpected general election in … More
Political Christmas gifts 2017
I’ve seen a few vendors of exciting, politically-themed Christmas merchandise and I thought it would be remiss of me not … More