Bloodshed and bacon – how the press saw final days of election campaigning
So that’s that, then. The pollsters got it wildly wrong and the UK did not wake up on Friday to
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Scottish Sun supports Scottish Nationalists: It’s no shock.
The front pages of the Sun and the Scottish Sun on Thursday morning provided further evidence of Roy Greenslade’s recent
Read moreBattle buses and staged events – the 1983 General Election campaign
Learn from the master, chaps. PA David Cameron seems to have been channelling the spirit of Margaret Thatcher in
Read moreCelebrity prayers….public figures and politics.
The latest Labour election broadcast, premiered on March 30th, is a direct to audience address by the actor Martin Freeman, who you might
Read moreThe return of Saatchi and Saatchi
The news that Ed Milband has ruled out forming a coalition with the SNP may have come too late to
Read moreAdvertising and the General Election: worth the money?
The extraordinary resignation of its chief political editor, Peter Oborne, from the Daily Telegraph last week gave us cause to think about
Read moreMili no mates – Mocking Labour leaders is a tried and tested tabloid tradition
This very bad week for Ed Milband, which has ended with resignation of Shadow attorney general Emily Thornbury over her ‘sneering’ tweet during
Read moreA new low for the Daily Mail?
Posted by Dr John Jewell On Saturday, the Daily Mail ran a lengthy essay which described Ed Miliband’s father, Ralph, the
Read moreThe BBC and the Invisibility of Labour
Posted by Professor Justin Lewis One of the standing jokes on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz revolves around Ed Miliband’s low
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