I'm Hungry

April 17, 2005 10:01 AM

Are you thinking what we're thinking? Make your own Tory party election poster. I did. Also happening in real life.
posted by armoured-ant (33 comments total)

Those posters are just asking for it, but they are very clever psychology: note the way they don't actually declare any policies whatsoever.

Still, apart from the verging-on-facism-shoot-all-the-gypsies thing, who would vote for a party who can't even do joined-up writing?
posted by DangerIsMyMiddleName at 10:08 AM on April 17, 2005

i'm a whigger.
posted by quonsar at 10:12 AM on April 17, 2005

Yeah, what did they expect?

Actually, both the Tories and Labour marketing people have ignored, at their peril, a cardinal rule of advertising: don't use words to evoke the very concept you don't want to evoke... (I don't know what it's called, I'm sure there's a term for it)

'It's *not racist* to'...

'Britain forward *not back*'...

Ever seen a beer advertised as 'it does *not* taste like crap'?
posted by funambulist at 10:22 AM on April 17, 2005

I did one too... then another

[this is good]
posted by Kattullus at 10:25 AM on April 17, 2005

I know... does anyone ever laugh at this?

[Great post]
posted by mannythedog at 10:30 AM on April 17, 2005

Seems even the Tories are getting in on the photo modification craze...
posted by docgonzo at 10:31 AM on April 17, 2005

Further to funambulist's comment:

"I am not a crook."


Also: Any of these fit well in a poster.
posted by anthill at 10:34 AM on April 17, 2005

It simply had to be done.
posted by Zonker at 10:37 AM on April 17, 2005

My own cheap shot...
posted by funambulist at 10:40 AM on April 17, 2005

Vote for me. I am *not a prick*.

Ah, the term I was looking for (though it's not really what I was looking for) is 'framing'. ie. Don't think of an elephant...
posted by funambulist at 10:43 AM on April 17, 2005

I think it's simply horrid how Poodle Tony Blair and his Tory Party got the UK into that pointless Iraq War !

You should definitely vote against the Tories for that!

STFU Lib'ral Party fanciers!
posted by orthogonality at 10:55 AM on April 17, 2005

AHAHAHAHA

thanks for the link!
posted by matteo at 10:58 AM on April 17, 2005

That feels good
posted by Ugandan Discussions at 10:59 AM on April 17, 2005

here's mine...
posted by terrymiles at 11:00 AM on April 17, 2005

here's one. bloody racists.
posted by dodgygeezer at 11:23 AM on April 17, 2005

That rules
posted by delmoi at 11:30 AM on April 17, 2005

Bloody Newcomers!
posted by Justinian at 11:33 AM on April 17, 2005

Well, how else are you supposed to get rid Of Tony Blair?
posted by delmoi at 11:36 AM on April 17, 2005

Gotta go for the classics
posted by DaRiLo at 11:42 AM on April 17, 2005

delmoi: he's leaving anyway, Brown will take over in a couple of years

my bet is that he'll resign the day he exceeds Thatcher's time in office... that's what I would do anyway
posted by Kattullus at 11:45 AM on April 17, 2005

Great fun. Try changing the number in the URL to see what others have been writing. Most people are either not changing the immigration text, just playing with the fonts; putting in anti-Tory messages; or going for humorous and nonsensical ideas.
posted by senor biggles at 11:51 AM on April 17, 2005

Fun, thanks. Best part has to be the link to the doctored leaflet photo - especially love the justification given for doing it. Hadn't seen that story and it was good for a jaw drop and some head shaking.

And hey, they're British.
posted by livii at 12:23 PM on April 17, 2005

Oh, come on, like I'm the only one who was thinking it.
posted by Simon! at 1:01 PM on April 17, 2005

Honestly I think some of these modifications play right into Michael Howard's hands. He is arguing that it is impossible to discuss immigration controls without being accused of being racist, and this response makes him look right.

Actually, the reason that it's impossible to discuss immigration controls without accusations of racism flying around is that it is impossible to discuss immigration controls without racist remarks flying around (at least in the current climate in the UK). This is why it would be much better for everyone if this were not made into a high profile election issue.

It's not surprising that the modern response to opinions that would have been considered acceptable a few decades ago makes some people feel persecuted, however, this calculated attempt by the leader of a major political party to appeal to that persecution complex is inflammatory and contemptible.
posted by teleskiving at 1:18 PM on April 17, 2005

this one would actually help their chances, i think.

and this, of course ; >
posted by amberglow at 1:23 PM on April 17, 2005

Hee hee

Do these things really get deleted after half an hour?
posted by Sparx at 2:01 PM on April 17, 2005

I have such a furious angry rage over these posters that the one I see each morning on my way to work just puts me in a bad mood all day.

And, yet, I'd almost consider voting for them...

not really. but the jokes would be made.
posted by Katemonkey at 2:07 PM on April 17, 2005

no pissing the rivers.
posted by Viomeda at 2:28 PM on April 17, 2005

Reminds me of a Steve Bell cartoon from last week.
posted by BigCalm at 5:49 AM on April 18, 2005

While you're all very funny, gang, I do have to point out here that the links above to posters don't work, because the posters get deleted after half an hour or so. I do not have unlimited disc space :-)
If your poster is a mastery of wit and repartee, save a copy of it somewhere...
posted by Aquarius at 6:15 AM on April 18, 2005

Not that this is either of the above, but here's one from the Fro Gymraeg, where immigration actually is destroying the native culture.
posted by ceiriog at 7:23 AM on April 18, 2005

here you go
posted by Pretty_Generic at 3:27 AM on April 19, 2005

Belgrano. Are you sinking what we're sinking?
posted by Pretty_Generic at 3:28 AM on April 19, 2005