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Danderhall Hibs
05-04-2010, 08:40 PM
Has anyone seen the new poster (http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2010/4/2/1270227636291/Labour-campaign-poster-fe-001.jpg)?

I see what they're doing with the back to the 80s and that but does anyone else think they've picked Gene Hunt due to the word his surname rhymes with?

I really hope that was part of their thinking behind the choice. :greengrin

Phil D. Rolls
05-04-2010, 08:51 PM
Has anyone seen the new poster (http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2010/4/2/1270227636291/Labour-campaign-poster-fe-001.jpg)?

I see what they're doing with the back to the 80s and that but does anyone else think they've picked Gene Hunt due to the word his surname rhymes with?

I really hope that was part of their thinking behind the choice. :greengrin

I don't know what's worse: the fact that somebody thought this was an idea; or, the fact that someone else agreed; or, the Tories response.

Betty Boop
05-04-2010, 09:02 PM
Election confirmed for May 6th.

Phil D. Rolls
05-04-2010, 09:23 PM
Election confirmed for May 6th.

Chinese Viagra supplies to be reinstated? :duck:

steakbake
05-04-2010, 09:24 PM
I don't know what's worse: the fact that somebody thought this was an idea; or, the fact that someone else agreed; or, the Tories response.

Backfired though, hasn't it? Makes Cameron look a lot better than he actually is.

Read some analysis of this yesterday. It's basically along the line of Labour is missing the point - Cameron is the Tories electoral asset (not with me or probably many folks north of the Border. Brown is also the Tories electoral asset.

Why they then chose a poster which puts Cameron centre stage is beyond me.

Looking forward to the election and I'd be happy to see a change of government, even if it is to be a Tory one. Like nappies, governments need changed often and for the same reason.

Hibbyradge
05-04-2010, 09:24 PM
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05/29/article-1022932-016BFD1700000578-571_468x641.jpg

J-C
05-04-2010, 09:57 PM
Has anyone seen the new poster (http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2010/4/2/1270227636291/Labour-campaign-poster-fe-001.jpg)?

I see what they're doing with the back to the 80s and that but does anyone else think they've picked Gene Hunt due to the word his surname rhymes with?

I really hope that was part of their thinking behind the choice. :greengrin

Gene Hunt is the epitome of everything great about the 80's, people might look at this poster and think, " hey! gene Hunt, he's brill, lets vote for him." :confused:

Phil D. Rolls
05-04-2010, 10:01 PM
Gene Hunt is the epitome of everything great about the 80's, people might look at this poster and think, " hey! gene Hunt, he's brill, lets vote for him." :confused:

It's a no brainer, only poofs, nonces and prossies would vote against Gene. Him and Cameron don't have much in common though.

Betty Boop
05-04-2010, 10:06 PM
Chinese Viagra supplies to be reinstated? :duck:

:faf:

thekaratekid
05-04-2010, 10:07 PM
Quite why the Tories would want anyone to hark back to the 80's is beyond me.

J-C
05-04-2010, 10:34 PM
Quite why the Tories would want anyone to hark back to the 80's is beyond me.


The start of the boom years.

Phil D. Rolls
06-04-2010, 07:18 AM
Quite why the Tories would want anyone to hark back to the 80's is beyond me.

I think they had a swell time in the 80s.

RyeSloan
06-04-2010, 10:46 AM
Backfired though, hasn't it? Makes Cameron look a lot better than he actually is.

Read some analysis of this yesterday. It's basically along the line of Labour is missing the point - Cameron is the Tories electoral asset (not with me or probably many folks north of the Border. Brown is also the Tories electoral asset.

Why they then chose a poster which puts Cameron centre stage is beyond me.

Looking forward to the election and I'd be happy to see a change of government, even if it is to be a Tory one. Like nappies, governments need changed often and for the same reason.

Maybe related to the almost universal negative response to the recent Tory campaign that had Cameron centre stage and was spoofed to hell on the web??

steakbake
06-04-2010, 12:23 PM
Maybe related to the almost universal negative response to the recent Tory campaign that had Cameron centre stage and was spoofed to hell on the web??

Aye but this one has backfired.

Woody1985
06-04-2010, 02:00 PM
Aye but this one has backfired.

:faf:

You asked why they would do that and a perfectly reasonable explanation was given and then you say 'Aye but this one backfired'. :confused:

Well they obviously didn't think it would or they wouldn't have done it! You're response makes no sense to your original question!

steakbake
06-04-2010, 04:27 PM
:faf:

You asked why they would do that and a perfectly reasonable explanation was given and then you say 'Aye but this one backfired'. :confused:

Well they obviously didn't think it would or they wouldn't have done it! You're response makes no sense to your original question!

Hmm. :dizzy:

Hibs Class
09-04-2010, 07:18 PM
Just noticed this thread title and thought it was rhyming slang!

khib70
09-04-2010, 09:01 PM
:faf:

You asked why they would do that and a perfectly reasonable explanation was given and then you say 'Aye but this one backfired'. :confused:

Well they obviously didn't think it would or they wouldn't have done it! You're response makes no sense to your original question!
:agree:Lets see whether it backfired or not once the election results are out.
Brown:bye::greengrin

AgentDaleCooper
09-04-2010, 10:15 PM
Chinese Viagra supplies to be reinstated? :duck:

:tee hee::thumbsup: