Dave the Chameleon?

[pokemon_master]

I can't believe labour... Instead of reporting on anything resonably good, they decide to make a funny animation called "Dave the Chameleon".

Quite frankly, if Labour can only make propaganda, I say they are pretty much done for... Although, it was funny to watch.

They even made a web blog: www.davethechameleon.com

 

[AlanUK]

Sadly the way in which the parties are running their election campaigns are becoming more and more like the methods used in the US. Whilst we don't currently have anything like the amount of negative campaigning here that they do there, we are moving slowly down that road with each election year.

Personally I would much rather hear about the policies of each party and how they plan to make those ideas a reality, rather than listening to them tell me how bad the other parties are.

It's no wonder we have voter apathy in this country when the guys who want to be voted in say we may be bad but look at him..... he's even worse!

 

[AndRu]

Oh come on ... I'm old enough to remember the 1979 Tory poster of an unemployment queue with the quote "Labour isn't working". What about the boxing gloves regarding Labours tax "Double Whammy"?. How about the worst of all, the poster of Blair with devil-esque eyes? It's not just Labour who are doing this kind of electioneering. I think you'll find that the big parties look to slag the others off without promoting their own alternatives.

Take the unfortunate announcement today regarding Peugeot in Coventry. The Tory spokesman said "It was thriving under a Tory government" - if you count years of union supression, little investment and courting of Japanese manufacturers as "thriving", then yes, it was. The fact global market forces are at work and it simply costs less to build the cars elsewhere is lost on the Tories now - they'll just blame Labour.

So it's not just a Labour phenomenon - they're all it and have been for a long time now. You just have to get used to it, read a variety of media sources and use your own judgement to make up your mind in the polling booth. Sadly, it's not as simple as voting for a shirtless wonder on Pop Idol which means that a large proportion of the nation doesn't bother.

 

[natalielongstaff]

i saw it and whilst i thought it was funny i was left wondering when they were going to give us the important information