In the frame - Brown makes rare election leaflet appearance
Those wonderful people at the website, who are valiantly trying to post all election leaflets on their website, have unearthed a rare specimen.
They say Gordon Brown has been spotted at last on a Labour leaflet.
The only drawback is that it is !
Still, there must be other Labour candidates out there who have used pictures of Mr Brown. I remember how, at the 2008 Labour conference, there were scores of candidates queuing up to have their pictures taken with the PM.
Where are those pictures now?
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Comment number 1.
At 13th Apr 2010, Jericoa wrote:I bet his wife appears more on labour's election material than he does and Gordon appears more on the conservatives election material than David Cameron does.
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Comment number 2.
At 13th Apr 2010, Richard Pope wrote:Of the 262 Labour Leaflets from 101 constituencies uploaded since the beginning of the year, only one has Gordon Brown's on the front of it.
In comparison, of the 209 Conservative leaflets from 97 constituencies approximately half the leaflets feature a prominent photo of David Cameron somewhere on them.
Make of that what you will.
(Richard, TheStraightChoice.org)
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Comment number 3.
At 13th Apr 2010, Ian Kaye wrote:Michael,
I'm in Brent. I have two leaflets in front of me and a letter! The leaflets are from Labour and the Lib Dems; the letter is from Sarah Teather - MP for Brent.
Lib Dems are basically saying dont vote for the torries - its a wasted vote (and they point out Ladbrokes odds - conservatives 100/1). The labour leaflet has a picture of Dawn Butler with Ken Livingstone (assumably taken in between his speaking engagements). Apparently: Dawn secured £100mn for Brent schools; Labour since '97 has given us 133,000 additional medical staff and finally Dawn is the "first black women to speak from the front bench...."
I dont recall a leaflet from the conservatives so maybe they agree with Ladbrokes!
Regards
Ian
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Comment number 4.
At 13th Apr 2010, MrSBag wrote:This is aimed at Richard Pope:
There's a certain degree of shine to David Cameron, I remember that being half the ploy in the first place. Why bother with washed up old Gordon Brown and co if you can roll with the youth of politics? The family-man-on-a-push-bike Conservatives will be there for every picnic and shindig this side of the Thames.
"Vote for change" - again? I'm tired of change.
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