Leaflets

[poliphilo]

The European elections are almost upon us. Today's post brought a bunch of party leaflets.

Let's see.

The Green party goes with a picture of kids on a beach holding up a poster that says "Vote for Us". Do you suppose the kids volunteered or are they simply doing what daddy said? Involving kids in a political campaign is low- no matter how good the cause.

The UKIP leaflet is purple and yellow. Ouch!  And features Churchill flashing a V sign. Would Churchill- that power-hungry Machiavellian, who was half American and loved the international stage- ever have aligned himself with a Little Englander party? Of course not. And to suggest otherwise comes close to fraud.

The BNP flyer is bright yellow and looks like it fell out of The Sun. It features a Spitfire and a guy with a stethoscope round his neck who looks a bit like Dr Goebbels. Yuk!

The Labour party leaflet tells me that "it's Gordon Brown's leadership that will get us through these tough times". Oh, please!

Nothing yet from the Tories or the Lib Dems.   

Comments

[jfs.livejournal.com]

A friend on another forum points out that the Spitfire in question bears the insignia of the Polish Air Force, who were fighting from British bases against the Nazis during the 2nd World War.

Damn those Poles, coming over here and taking our jobs!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/04/polish_spitfire/

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That is absolutely priceless!

[(Anonymous)]

So far we have the UKIP and LibDem flyers. The Libdem one is an instant turnoff because it spends all of it's real estate bitching about how bad the other parties are, or why we can't trust them. I say if you have nothing decent to write about your own party then bugger off, I can make up my own mind about the others thank you :P.
Tom F

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's the problem with the Lib Dems. They've always sold themselves as the alternative to the other, "nasty" parties instead of forging a strong identity for themselves.

[happydog.livejournal.com]

No Monster Raving Loony Party?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure they're still going. The heart went out of them after their front man, Screaming Lord Such, committed suicide.

[happydog.livejournal.com]

That's a shame, there should always be room for the loonies. I feel like the United States needs a Monster Raving Loony Party (other than the Republicans).

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Such was an ornament to British public life. In the present climate- with politicians of all parties in disgrace over excessive and fraudulent expenses claims- he might even have won a few seats.

[qatsi.livejournal.com]

Our Lib Dem leaflet was plastered with so many Union Flags (presumably in an attempt to appear Euro-sceptic) that I mistook it for the BNP.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

"Patriotism"- as Dr Johnson said- "is the last refuge of a scoundrel".