Politics
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The Gate enters knife crime fray for Lives Not Knives
Mother’s Day’s come and gone (yesterday) but knife crime in London remains a pressing issue with heaven knows how many…
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Blue State Digital’s Samir Patel: why the whole world needs proper regulation for Facebook and its rivals
It’s been a hellish few weeks for Facebook. Earlier this month, just 24 hours after announcing its pivot to a…
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Adam&eve wins global brief to protect children from war, UK media rallies round in wake of Cyclone Idai disaster
Save the Children’s UK agency adam&eveDDB has been appointed to handle a new global campaign for Save the Children International…
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Bercow puts UK government’s Brexit TV blitz in the balance
As House of Commons speaker John Bercow (below) throws a new spanner in Theresa May’s Brexit works – telling her…
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Are junk food ads living on borrowed time?
The ad industry is preparing to fight back against the threat of stricter controls on junk food advertising, as the…
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We Are Social: how social media can help launch a new political party
By Andre van Loon I remember a time, not long ago, when people used to say that British politics was…
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Spike Jonze turns down volume for cannabis TV campaign
We didn’t expect to be viewing ads for licensed cannabis companies but here comes MedMen – which last year turned…
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Roy Jeans: why the Cairncross Review into news media is a failure of intent and resolution
Christophe Guilluy’s recently published English-language version of “Twilight of the Elites” focuses on nascent tensions between France’s metropolitan ruling class…
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ASA bans two Imperial Tobacco ads, and tightens the rules on gambling
Imperial Tobacco is in trouble with the Advertising Standards Authority for two outdoor ads that appeal to under 18s, and…
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