johninnit

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election

4th May 2010 on London, Media, Politics, video tagged election, flashmob, media

Parliament flashmob: the rolled up newspaper is mightier than the pen

Quick & dirty vid of today’s flashmob at in Westminster, in protest at our favourite media barons’ attempts to swing the election to suit themselves, and get themselves out of the mess a hung parliament might land them in. Nice to see so many people there (including from Avaaz, 38Degrees, and Liberal Conspiracy), and a …

4th May 2010 on Media, Politics tagged election, media, murdoch, Politics, The Sun

Election 2010: It’s the Sun wot spun it

Parliament flashmob today. Check the Facebook event page for more info. Are you in London this lunchtime? Then I guess I’ll see you at a location soon to be divulged for a newspaper swordfight. The coverage from the partisan press has been pretty shameful this time round – Clegg and Brown have had the same …

13th April 2010 on Photoshop, Politics, Tories tagged election, poking fun at Tories, poster, the Fonz

Tory family policy jumps the shark

Still smarting that we’re not considered wholesome enough for a Cameron marriage tax break – my wife earns a few hundred quid too much – I was cheered a bit to see Sunder Katwala’s recent post on Next Left. It looks like we’re in good company.

16th March 2010 on Online Campaigns, Photoshop, Politics, Tories tagged Cash Gordon, election, Tories

Cash, Gordon?

I haven’t been a member of a Labour affiliated union for nearly ten years now – my current union don’t even have a political fund, let alone one that affiliates to Labour, but something really irks me about the latest Tory billboard – criticising Labour for taking union money (no, the one above is my …

16th February 2010 on Politics, Tories, video tagged election

Unacceptable in the 80’s

Satirical genius from Political Scrapbook, based on the Tories’ current poster campaign. This deserves to win the internet for today, tomorrow, and much of this week!

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