You Decide.
and whilst you're deciding every political party will be forcing PR tactics into the media every left, right and centre... just like Labour, The Conservatives and The Liberal Democrats are. Gordon Brown begins the battle by declaring that the general election will take place on 6th May, urging British citizens not to put their country 'at risk' as it is currently on the 'road to recovery'. What he really means by this is 'VOTE LABOUR, PICK ME'. This is just a teeny example of spin though... twisting the truth so that it sounds more appealing to it's audiences. Well Gordon, we didn't fall for that one!
On 3 April the Labour party's PR team continued to demonstrate some tactics used to help gain votes, or in this case try and stop the Conservatives from pinching any from them! Their first political poster was unveiled and was created by a member of the public. It shows David Cameron as Gene Hunt (a politically incorrect TV star)quoting 'Don't let him take Britain back to the 80's'. Clever idea. This tricks us, the general public, into thinking that Labour has our best interests at heart by involving one of us in this stunt and by protecting us from the HORROR of Thatcherism!! And I think that it's safe to say most of us want protecting from that!
Never fear, The Conservatives fight back throwing a pretty lame punch with their 'wonkish manifesto'. Even those in favour of the party criticised it for trying to give the public too much control. I don't wan to run my own public services or airlines, or phone company thanks! I've got enough stuff to do, like making this deadline! and I'm pretty sure no one else can be arsed to do all of these things themselves either... stop trying to suck up to the public and be realistic please. At this point I'd just like to take a minute to reflect and ask what exactly the Conservative party's PR team were busy doing?? Other than portraying Sam Cam positively in the media... nothing, yeah that's what it seems like with all of this this negative coverage.
But anyway, the race between the three main political parties is the tightest we've seen in a long time. The public showed huge favour towards the Liberal Democrats after the TV debates and Nick Clegg's head has noticeably expanded. 70% of people said they feel more engaged with politics because of the TV debates and I'm sure Clegg's PR team are pretty chuffed about that.
One of my personal favourites among all the campaigns that are running over the election period has to be Pizza Express' pizza portraits of the party leader's.
Gordon Brown's toppings are: Fiery chilli and ground beef
David Cameron's toppings are: Rocket and Rocket
Nick Clegg's toppings are: Fresh tomatoes and spicy sausage
Seems to me that the toppings are deliberately chosen and Pizza Express think that The Conservatives are boring and plain, that Labour's thick and their plans are harder to digest, and The Lib Dems would be a nice fresh start, that's just my interpretation.. it's pretty obvious they mean that though.
So, whoever you decide to vote for... let's have a laugh at all three of them anyways because some of these vandalised campaign posters are hilarious!! Here's some of my favs:
CHLOE.
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