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01 Apr 10 - 06:45 AM (#2877231) Subject: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: Lox This link from the Guardian today .... A compelling Image |
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01 Apr 10 - 06:52 AM (#2877240) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: Lox *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 ... |
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01 Apr 10 - 06:59 AM (#2877246) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: Richard Bridge 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)? |
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01 Apr 10 - 07:24 AM (#2877259) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: GUEST,mauvepink 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 |
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01 Apr 10 - 07:43 AM (#2877268) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: Lox 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 ... |
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01 Apr 10 - 07:45 AM (#2877270) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: Will Fly Read it properly - it's an April Fool joke... |
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01 Apr 10 - 07:48 AM (#2877276) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: Lox 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. |
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01 Apr 10 - 08:18 AM (#2877288) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: manitas_at_work The writer was one Olaf Priol, 'nuff said |
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01 Apr 10 - 08:30 AM (#2877299) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: Arnie Slight thread drift, but for some reason the French call today April Fish -or Poisson d'Avril to be pedantic.. |
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01 Apr 10 - 08:44 AM (#2877307) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: GUEST,mauvepink 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 |
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01 Apr 10 - 09:09 AM (#2877326) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: gnomad 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? |
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01 Apr 10 - 10:46 AM (#2877387) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: greg stephens 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. |
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01 Apr 10 - 11:01 AM (#2877399) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh 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. |
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01 Apr 10 - 02:09 PM (#2877528) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: Richard Bridge Certainly there is a pile of crap in the review pages of the Grauniad, particularly about music. |
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01 Apr 10 - 02:45 PM (#2877552) Subject: RE: BS: Gordon Brown the Hard Man. .... From: Acorn4 He wouldn't need Saatchi anyway - just bring back John Prescott! |