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Friday, May 11, 2007
Gordon's Unoriginal Slogan
Gordon Brown ended his campaign launch speech saying "we need to show people we are on your side". A good slogan that. Sadly, it's not very original. It was used by Iain Duncan Smith in 2003. And a fat lot of good it did him.
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I thought his slogan was "Gordon Brown 4 Britains" [Scotland, NI, Wales and England].
I had a dream last night that Gordon Brown untook a policy of "stealth nationalisation", by giving alot more power to the regulators. He's just given an example to Peter Riddle (The Times) where he seems to be implying that regulators will play a more important role. Hum.
He has actually washed his hair, and that smile makes me want to throw up. Pass the sick bag, Alice! I hate Tony Blair, but I wish he wasn't going. Emigration is distinctly attractive.
"I `m in your wallet" , would be a better slogan . It astonishes me that in all the retrospectives of the Blair period there is little mention of the tax burden that has enraged the South and the shift of 38% state managed GDP to 45%. This is the great fact , the "Pound in your pocket " fact that really swings votes.
N, the BBC mentioned the surge in "investment" in the NHS and education but of course deliberately failed to point out where this tsunami of cash came from. To their credit they did say in passing that most of the cash had ended up in salary rises and the recruitment of managers.
Gordon maybe we don't want you "on our side" Just like the asthmatic fatboy at school nobody wanted on their team. You unkempt unwashed unloved heap of tartan crap. Not like our Dave the popular boy.
What about this slogan ? Its pithy, to the point and covers the need to move on after the Blair Years and Gordon's aspiration for the country to unite behind his leadership
"Those days are past now, And in the past they must remain. But we can still rise now And be the nation again !"
Gordon Said - "It would be the greatest honour to be this country's Prime Minister" ?
Did he mean "this nation's Prime Minister", or did he mean "England's Prime Minister." Having a foreign Prime Minister is sooo confusing.
A great way to catch Gordon out is to ask a question with the word Country in it. Then after he answers it you can ask "Which country did you mean England or Scotland?"
Why does he keep pausing and jutting his chin in like a turtle?
It's the trick the physiotherapists have taught him to stop his jaw wobbling and shooting off somewhere under his left ear. I'm not sure it's an improvement.
I don't think he looks like a turtle when he does it. I think he looks like a blowfish out of water.
19 comments:
I thought his slogan was "Gordon Brown 4 Britains" [Scotland, NI, Wales and England].
Why does he keep pausing and jutting his chin in like a turtle?
Yes but the public don't like baldies and only Britney Spears has lost all her locks quicker than Cameron is.
Next he'll be saying that he is the common sense revolution!
Labour has not been and probably will not be on my side whatever their soundbites.
I had a dream last night that Gordon Brown untook a policy of "stealth nationalisation", by giving alot more power to the regulators. He's just given an example to Peter Riddle (The Times) where he seems to be implying that regulators will play a more important role. Hum.
..interesting that 41% of voters (number one about NHS, education etc etc) on Brown's campaign site say that the economy is the number one issue.
That's so econocentric in these sociocentrics times! What are they thinking, have they not been listening to Oliver?
what did he mean by a "government of all talents?"..is the executive going to be like the American government? possible cross party.
Didn't both William Hauge and Adolf Blair himself also use variations of the same slogan during the late-1990s?
He has actually washed his hair, and that smile makes me want to throw up. Pass the sick bag, Alice! I hate Tony Blair, but I wish he wasn't going. Emigration is distinctly attractive.
javelin, 11:42
It's what he does; have you never watched Rory Bremner?
And shouldn't it be "we need to show people we are on THEIR side"?
Given what he's done to the economy, I think he's already shown us he's not on our side, hasn't he?
John Sandell 11:09
And shouldn't it be "we need to show people we are on THEIR side"?
Reading it again it makes no sense "we need to show people we are on your side". It implies that you can present yourself to be all things to all men.
"I `m in your wallet" , would be a better slogan . It astonishes me that in all the retrospectives of the Blair period there is little mention of the tax burden that has enraged the South and the shift of 38% state managed GDP to 45%. This is the great fact , the "Pound in your pocket " fact that really swings votes.
N, the BBC mentioned the surge in "investment" in the NHS and education but of course deliberately failed to point out where this tsunami of cash came from. To their credit they did say in passing that most of the cash had ended up in salary rises and the recruitment of managers.
what did he mean by a "government of all talents?"...
he means to stuff the cabinet full of his cronies, just like Tony did.
Gordon
maybe we don't want you "on our side"
Just like the asthmatic fatboy at school nobody wanted on their team.
You unkempt unwashed unloved heap of tartan crap.
Not like our Dave the popular boy.
What about this slogan ? Its pithy, to the point and covers the need to move on after the Blair Years and Gordon's aspiration for the country to unite behind his leadership
"Those days are past now,
And in the past they must remain.
But we can still rise now
And be the nation again !"
Oh Shit ! Wrong country !
Gordon Said - "It would be the greatest honour to be this country's Prime Minister" ?
Did he mean "this nation's Prime Minister", or did he mean "England's Prime Minister." Having a foreign Prime Minister is sooo confusing.
A great way to catch Gordon out is to ask a question with the word Country in it. Then after he answers it you can ask "Which country did you mean England or Scotland?"
Why does he keep pausing and jutting his chin in like a turtle?
It's the trick the physiotherapists have taught him to stop his jaw wobbling and shooting off somewhere under his left ear. I'm not sure it's an improvement.
I don't think he looks like a turtle when he does it. I think he looks like a blowfish out of water.
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