Tuesday 13 April 2010

Slogans. Manifestos

Solomon remains confused by the Labour 'a future fair for all' slogan. It sounds sort of stilted. Doesn't it?

Like a phrase that has been chopped down by a sub-editor or ad exec to fit a space.

Or is it that Gordon Brown is offering all of us the chance to visit a futuristic fairground if we let him win the election? Like Thorpe Park crossed with Star Trek? Because if that is what we're being promised, I'm bloody well up for it. Flying dodgems sound unbe-bloody-lievable.

Obviously I'm not the first person to snigger at the image on the front of the manifesto - the communist-lite version. But it is funny. Part left-wing utopia, part staring in fear as the atom bomb explodes and waiting for the ensuing mushroom cloud.

I also like the Tory one. There's a nice serious image if ever there was one. Dizzy has been very funny with this post

Although I do enjoy the peerless Daily Mash's take on it. Out of interest, does any ever read manifestos, or just dissect the launches? And possible read the press releases?

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