Scotland in Union, a non-party movement which unites people around a positive view of Scotland in the UK, has unveiled a…
Is digital political advertising causing a democratic deficit?
Hugo Rifkind has written a very good article in today’s Times newspaper outlining his concern that voter segmentation, targeting and…
The New Labour ad campaign that (sort of) never ran
The excellent University of Nottingham Department of Politics (full disclosure: I am an alumnus) and The People’s History Museum, based…
Psychographic segmentation and election campaigns
Cambridge Anayltica, a consultancy, are getting serious attention from publications as diverse as Motherboard and Marketing Week. The reason for the hype…
Event: what happens when Westminster and AdLand collide
Sam Delaney, author of the seminal book ‘Mad Men And Bad Men: when British advertising met politics’, is hosting a…
Bridges not walls
Friday 20th January 2017 is Donald Trump’s inauguration as US President and tomorrow a new campaign called ‘Bridges Not Walls’ will…
Get the frack on with it
There have been a number of headlines this week about the news that oil and gas firm Cuadrilla reported Friends…
The politicaladvertising.co.uk Campaign Awards 2016
When it comes to battles at the ballot box, 2016 will be hard to top, so I thought it might…
Elections and brands: gimmick or gold mine
Last week I wrote an article for BBDO KNOWS, a planning resource for the BBDO network, which I’m reproducing here with their permission. BBDO…
5 lessons from Trump’s victory
Whilst I certainly won’t claim to have predicted a Trump win, I can certainly understand how he’s managed it. Here’s 5 lessons that…
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