Posts Tagged “David Cameron”

Georgia designated key marginal. Lord Ashcroft ready to pour money into area.
David Cameron Flies To Georgia – Telegraph
PR Mission Accomplished.

Well I said the last one was work in progress. I liked the concept of the city hall as armour but I reckon this one could remain in progress for some time unless I start from scratch. Needs more work, caricature included but I reckon I’ll leave that for some other time.
Hopefully a short animation later today.
Here’s Quaequam on the Venezuela Oil Deal cancellation.
And, surprisingly Associated Newspapers (owners of The London Evening Standard) are having a dig about Boris over at the image-thieving-for-profit Daily Mail (I prefer not to link directly).

The media onslaught will be interesting over the next couple of days.
A few old images..

In my rush to repost these images, I forgot this :
With thanks to Wikipedia user Arpingstone (Adrian Pingstone) who released the base image of City Hall, London, England into the Public Domain.

For anyone who has seen The London Evening Standard commit editorial hari-kiri and turn into an election leaflet over the last few weeks, there is a great Martin Rowson cartoon on Comment is Free today.

Is it because Boris Johnson is such an amiable chap that I feel tempted to vote for him in the election for London Mayor ? – Nope.
Is it because he may declare an amnesty for anyone caught smashing up a restaurant if they’re wearing a dickie bow and have the wherewithal to provide hush money to pay the shocked proprietor ? – Nope.
Is it because the Conservative Campaign Newsletter AKA The London’s Evening Standard and Andrew (contemporaneous) Gilligan charge me 50 pence to tell me I should ? – Nope
Maybe it’s because he’d be an endless provider of hilarious material for the guys (and ladies) at the PCO and myself ? – Maybe.
Maybe I should start a campaign……

Update – I see that Bremner Bird and Fortune had put together a ‘blunderer’ video some time ago.

Well, with their new advertising campaign, the Tories have come a long way from this kind of thing :

Relatively fluffy (excuse the unintentional clouds pun) and very iPod. Aspirational the Mainly Dale calls it – and some of it is but still with a hint of menace in some executions.
There are some pretty big and relatively easy (creation-wise) opportunities to have some fun with it but I think I’ll leave it for now – I just don’t fancy turning out a stream of easy gags.
The immigration and public services is tempting – we’ll let in workers from abroad who we need for the NHS etc. but not their families because they would be a drain on the … NHS. You could level the same contradiction at Labour and I know that simplification for an advertising message can actually reduce clarity which makes it easy for parody merchants.
The Jimmy Cliff music angle could be very tempting for the video makers. As far as I understand things, musicians can’t stop political parties from using music (I may be wrong). I believe Jimmy Cliff had a pretty tough time when he first came over to Britain.
I’m sure someone will come up with a little more in-depth research, something the Republicans could have done with in the last US election when their rallies frequently used the music of Gary Glitter to introduce the speakers.

Where a panel with its own agenda is unusually kind to those who it is supposed to judge without bias.
Hopefully a much longer flash version next week.

*If they haven’t already done it, I expect the Conservatives will come up with a “It’s Not Really Hard, Labour” line for a comment or ad on crime and punishment.
(If they haven’t – cheques payable to…..)

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