Thing is barry
If parties are given free rein to fill their ads with spurious and unsubstantiated claims their efforts
will be shredded by a far worse threat than the ASA - a ravenous 24-hr media.
I say leave it. Let's see just how far they want to push the envelope. Elections swing on such dismal campaign strategies.
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Bela Lugosi's Dad, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 9:43,
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Good point, well put...
but it's the principle of the exemption that sticks in my teeth, rather than any practicalities of it.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 9:46,
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The 'New Labour new danger' posters
spring to mind, the one with shadowy demon eyes across a ripped photo of Blair, propaganda at its best.
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Brandy_Bumwinkle, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:07,
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