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Category: UK General Election 2015

Election campaigning: how to spend it

On Wednesday this week the Electoral Commission published the details of money spent by political parties on General Election 2015. … More

electoral commission, media strategy, political advertising

Homes for Britain: how we made the housing crisis personal

This is a case study paper that I wrote jointly with my colleague Emily Harlock about the advertising campaign run under … More

How did political parties use advertising in the 2015 general election campaign?

Below is an article that I wrote for Market Leader; the strategic marketing journal for business leaders.  I’m reproducing the … More

Pocket Rocket: the poster that transformed the media narrative around general election 2015

M&C Saatchi, the creative agency behind the Conservative Party’s “Miliband in Salmond’s Pocket” poster, today ran a house advertisement in … More

How the Conservative Party built an election narrative around the SNP using political advertising

What is becoming clear in the post-election analysis of the results is that the Conservative Party very successfully created a climate … More

General Election 2015: review of the political posters

The 2015 general election race has been electric.  As neither of the main parties has managed to capture the majority … More

best political adverts uk, best posters general election

Brands and election-themed gimmicks

Earlier today the BBC Daily Politics kindly invited me on to their show to discuss election-themed products and promotions. You … More

brands, elections, gimmicks

Digital tactics in 2015 general election

Robert Cookson at The Financial Times has written a nice article on the digital aspect of the 2015 general election … More

Alternative election posters

The Guardian has asked art students to bring to life the ‘real’ 2015 general election by coming up with a new slogan … More

Conservative Party embarrassed by latest poster?

The Conservative Party have released a new poster that is plastered across marginal constituencies.  It features Alex Salmond, former leader … More

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NZ Labour has launched its 2026 general election campaign slogan: “Better starts now.” Had an excellent discussion about Andy Burnham’s social media strategy for The Campaign Podcast with Maisie McCabe Charlotte Rawlings and Lucy Shelley. The episode is coming soon to your podcast provider of choice. Advertising agency Leagas Delaney have offered to donate their creative services to support the by-election campaign of Count Binface in Clacton. The agency have shared a bunch of strong concepts online in attempt to appeal to their prospective client, but have yet to receive a response from the self-style “space warrior”. How do you use influencers to market political candidates and ideas? In a world where credibility is currency, does paying for social media reach via creators make sense? This clip is from the latest episode of The Political Marketing Podcast. Reform UK are running this attack ad in paid media. Reform have launched their first attack ads on Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election. They position Burnham as a career opportunist putting personal ambitions above the people of Makerfield. The roulette wheel execution isn’t bad as it clearly lands the attack; the luggage one requires you to know Burnham had considered a range of other seats, which most people will be unaware of. However, I’m not sure this attack line is particularly strong. Burnham’s connection to the constituency is pretty solid; his kids went to school in the area. And the constituency is within Greater Manchester, of which Burnham is the metro Mayor. Feels like first thoughts from Farage’s lot. There’s a lot to like about the new Think Labour visual identity. 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.

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