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Category: US Presidential 2008

Plumbing and Politics

No, you’re eyes don’t decieve you.  This is the most tenuous bastardisation of Obama’s campaign yet.  The advertisement for plumbing, … More

joe the plumber, obama, west london handyman, yes we can

Daft Punk vs Adam Freeland – OBAMA

You know you’re the coolest politician that has ever lived when you’ve got some of the world’s cutting edge DJs,  … More

adam freeland, daft punk, GOLD, obama

Obama Me

  Now everyone can personalise an Obama ‘Hope’ style poster using Obama Me.

hope, obama me, personalise

Best Political Adverts of the 2008 Presidential Election

US pollster Mark Penn conducted a survey of politico’s for some ‘readers awards’ for the 2008 US Presidential election.  The … More

political advertising, politics magazine, reed awards

When Brands and Politicians Combine

A pick of the best recent brand advertisments that use politicians in their communication.  Not political advertising as such, more … More

bush, david cameron, goodbye, gordon brown, lighten up, metro, veet, virgin active, yes pecan

Who’d win in an election, Obama or Spiderman?

This is not political advertising as this edition of the comic was commissioned by Marvel not Obama’s team.    However, … More

obama, political advertising, spiderman

The dominance of the irrational

Political campaign guru Evan Tracey has compiled a playlist of videos and analysis from throughout the Obama vs McCain campaign … More

emotional advertising, evan tracey, mccain, obama, political advertising

Visit Alaska!

Sarah Palin is being used as a marketing tool for Travel Alaska! This is a very shrewd move both from … More

Alaska, Palin, political advertising, Tourism

Let the issue be the issue

Let the issue be the issue In this poster, put up in Manhattan on the eve of poll, Barck Obama … More

let issue be the issue, manhattan, mccain, obama, political advertising, race

The YouTube Election

There’s been a load of articles in the last few days about the US Election being the first YouTube election.  … More

labour party deputy leadership, mccain, obama, online campaigns, political advertising, YouTube election

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To celebrate pancake day the Conservatives have released Flipping U-Turns, a browser-based game designed to convince the press that Keir Starmer has made 15 ‘flips’ since getting into power. It’s a bit of a tortuous pun, but a good effort to piggy back on a moment in culture to make an attack on a salient political issue. Members of Parliament are learning how it feels to be a Gorton and Denton resident today. MPs are learning how it feels to be a Gorton & Denton resident today.  A newspaper packed full of dodgy bar charts and made up data is being delivered to desks in Westminster. The Green Party is attempting to execute The Progressive Squeeze in Gorton & Denton and make it seem like a two-horse race between themselves and Reform UK. Rachel Reeves appearing on Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s podcast is a very smart piece of modern political communications. A really sharp piece of campaign thinking from one of the founders of the agency Topham Guerin🍻 “Sarwar for Scotland” is a new brand slogan and identity launched by Scottish Labour. This victory lap ad is also serving a strategic purpose. Members of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana new leftwing party have voted to keep the name of their party as Your Party. Here’s how the votes breakdown:

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