BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: Acorn4
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 02:45 PM

He wouldn't need Saatchi anyway - just bring back John Prescott!

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 02:09 PM

Certainly there is a pile of crap in the review pages of the Grauniad, particularly about music.

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 11:01 AM

Crikey! (the sort of thing an old Leftie might say, I suppose). Is that another seasonal wind-up, greg stephens? I don't read "the Guardian" as regularly as I used to, but now I think about it, the falling-off in quality which I have indeed noticed might well be accounted for by the change you mention.

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: greg stephens
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 10:46 AM

The Guardian has lurched rather quickly in the last year. It was a paper for old lefties, and is now trying to establish itself as a paper for young Tories, mainly those obsessed with fashion. Whether it can drag its old readers on this journey remains to be seen.

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: gnomad
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 09:09 AM

Some of it is only too close to what some damned PR guru may well be hatching. The "I took billions from pensions, wanna make something of it?" poster is particularly inspired.

Puzzling though, I know I've lost touch with which papers back whom, but wasn't the Guardian pro-Labour in the past?

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: GUEST,mauvepink
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 08:44 AM

Doh!

oh well...

I am not a politica person as such so I would not have known anything at all had you all not pointed it out

Your fault! ;-)

Have a great Easter Everyone

x

mp

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: Arnie
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 08:30 AM

Slight thread drift, but for some reason the French call today April Fish -or Poisson d'Avril to be pedantic..

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 08:18 AM

The writer was one Olaf Priol, 'nuff said

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: Lox
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 07:48 AM

Even without reading it, the "campaign poster" is such a grotesque and over exaggerated caricature that I am utterly astonished by any confusion at all.

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: Will Fly
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 07:45 AM

Read it properly - it's an April Fool joke...

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: Lox
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 07:43 AM

Oh come on guys!!!



I would hope that noone who had read the entire article could be in any doubt about whether it were an April fool or not ...

... did you guys really consider it a genuine story?




... I'm just pinching myself to see if I'm dreaming ...

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: GUEST,mauvepink
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 07:24 AM

I am not sure it does anyone's image any good to be seen as a thug or bully almost. Why would it appeal to the voter?

Surely we need to see reasoned argument and a willingness to negotiate policy rather than an autocratic stance?

Anyone who has ever been bullied I suspect would stay well away from such slogans. One can hope it is an April Fool Richard. If it's for real I think it's a turn for the worse for sure :-(

mp

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 06:59 AM

That has to be an April fool - Saatchi are on the second team bench for the conservatives ad campaign and despite "True Grit" who is really scared of a one eyed fat man (who is nearly blind in the other eye too)?

Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: Lox
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 06:52 AM

*snip*

"For their part, Conservative strategists are said to be troubled by internal research suggesting that several members of the shadow cabinet – including Cameron and George Osborne – would in fact not "come here and say that" if challenged by Brown, instead turning pale and running away, or arranging for an older brother to wait outside the Houses of Parliament to attack him when he is least expecting it."

*snip*











... lox ... trying not to be ill with laughter ...

Subject: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. ....
From: Lox
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 06:45 AM

This link from the Guardian today ....

A compelling Image