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Category: UK General Election 2010

Conservative poster – Brown depicted as Vicky Pollard

The Conservative Party have released a new poster accusing Brown of misleading the electorate over Tory policy on pensioners’ benefits.  Cameron raised … More

dodgy leaflet, gordon brown, vicky pollard

You’re Nicked!

David Schneider (of The Day Today and Alan Partridge  fame) has made a very funny piece of light political satire called … More

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It’s Murray v.s. Henman

I was speaking to someone yesterday who likened Tim Henman to Nick Clegg: your mum would love to have him … More

clegg, gordon brown, henman, murray, poster

Conservative poster – Cut benefits for those who refuse work

The new Conservative Party poster is on the topic of reform of the welfare state.  It’s clear, simple and to … More

conservative poster, cut benefit, david cameron

The Cameron Girls

First there was Obama Girl, then Tzipi Livini Boy and now we have The Cameron Girls.  Well done to the girls … More

cameron girls, conservative party, video

Conservative Party Election Broadcast

The Conservative Party have ditched their planned election broadcast and replaced it with the above.  There’s nothing particularly great or … More

Conservative posters on phone boxes

The Conservative Party have released 9 new posters that will be seen on the outside of phone boxes around the … More

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Who did David Cameron meet next?

Here’s a great new website taking the piss out the formulaic, box-ticking and slightly cringe-worthy manner in which David Cameron answered … More

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Whose cider are you on?

I think this Conservative poster about the cider tax was released a while ago, but I’ve only just come across … More

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The marketing of politics is a dirty business

Steve Henry, founder of ad agency HHCL, has written a very amusing article summarising the political advertising efforts of the … More

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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. The data doesn’t lie. Unfortunately, it also doesn’t pay the electricity bill. #politicalcartoon Nigel Farage is running a “win your energy bills” lottery as a way to help promote Reform UK’s latest policy: a £200 reduction in bills achieved by axing energy levies. As well as generating headlines, by offering to pay for a winner’s street-wide energy costs, the party is on a massive data-capture drive. This strategy is designed to build a robust digital footprint for future fundraising, recruitment, and targeted electoral campaigning. It’s all a bit grubby and potentially illegal from a data gathering perspective. Vote Leave did something similar in the 2016 EU Referendum campaign and claimed the data was very useful, so it’s interesting to see Reform UK try the same trick.

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