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There was a day when the politicians would be careful to brand themselves at all times. The Tories would only ever wear blue ties. Labour MPs would always wear red. So what’s going on here, with Tory leader Michael Howard on the left and Tony Blair on the right? Has the BBC been Photoshopping the ties of our party leaders this morning, or is this picture from a BBC photo gallery a more accurate representation of their beliefs than we might imagine?
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4 Responses to “Political branding”
Is this not another example of the drift towards the centre, where both main parties increasingly resemble each other in policy and personalities? So it doesn’t matter what they wear now, maybe they don’t even care.
Aneurin Bevan warned of this decades ago, saying something like “We know what happens to the person who is in the middle of the road - he gets run over”…..
I await the day when the PM discards a suit and tie altogether….now THAT will be interesting.
• Posted at 11:38 pm on January 28th, 2004 by Mark.” I await the day when the PM discards a suit and tie altogether.”
Mark, you’re not suggesting our PM will become a male stripper are you?!
Pesonally I’d also like him to shed the suit and tie maybe in favour of a McDonalds uniform - doing us all a favour.
• Posted at 12:37 am on January 30th, 2004 by kev.Male strippers? Gross!
…but then you could always dress him upp in a stylish frock and frills and put a pink wig on his head…
• Posted at 3:27 pm on January 30th, 2004 by Krist.Leave a Reply
Come on Nik, its time to confess that you were working on some new version of paitnship pro and you have changed the colours or airbrushed them in! We do not mind your little tricks!
• Posted at 5:03 pm on January 28th, 2004 by Graham.