By Samuel Carpenter Criticism of the Labour Party since Jeremy Corbyn became leader has often focused on his and the party’s widely alleged antisemitism. Following his election, some criticisms could be considered ideological and opportunistic. Their subjectivity was demonstrated by ...
Read More »Krow delivers a Labour swipe at not-for-turning Theresa May
Here’s a nifty little social media ad from Krow for the Labour Party. Theresa May does indeed make Mrs Thatcher look like Mother Theresa. Hang on, she was a control freak too. M&C Saatchi has the winning hand with the ...
Read More »Krow tries to make sense of the NHS in Labour debut
Indie London agency Krow bravely took on Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party as a client recently and here’s its first effort, hymning the glorious National Health Service and its better prospects under Corbyn/Labour than the Tory’s Jeremy Hunt (or should that ...
Read More »Can new agency Krow cut it for Labour?
At some point most independent agencies of note have a decision to make: do we take on the Labour Party? The Tories tend to cherry pick talent from the bigger networks these days although M&C Saatchi usually pops up in ...
Read More »Why Labour’s General Election women’s campaign is not so pretty in pink
In the UK this will be the longest General Election campaign ever, thanks to the coalition government’s decision to introduce fixed five year intervals between elections. And pretty boring it’s been so far. So thanks to the Labour Party and ...
Read More »WPP’s Sorrell talks some much-needed sense as British business bashes Labour
There seem to be lots of British businessmen – or businessmen who do business in Britain – who don’t care for the prospect of a Government led by Labour leader Ed Miliband – and not just because of his nasal ...
Read More »Gap global for W+K, Lucky Generals needs to come out fighting for Labour, Penfolds for Leagas Delaney
***Wieden+Kennedy has won Gap clothing’s global account, the first time the struggling retailer has had a lead agency since leaving Ogilvy in 2012. The company is now showing signs of life under new CMO Seth Farbman, an ex-Ogilvy manager and ...
Read More »Mail finds it’s run out of allies in attack on Milibands
The Daily Mail seems to have finally and, some would say, disastrously overstepped the mark with its attack on Labour leader Ed Miliband’s late father Ralph, a leading left wing academic of his day. The Tory-supporting Mail, obviously seeking to ...
Read More »Would you take on the Labour Party’s election advertising or is it the brief from hell?
The next UK General Election is still the best part of two years away – assuming the coalition government between Tories and Lib Dems lasts that long – but Campaign reports that the Labour Party (still the likeliest next government ...
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