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YouTube suspend Liberal Democrats' official channel

9:32am Fri December 10th

UPDATE: Their channel is now restored, although they have disabled embedding for their copy of Clegg’s “it’s time for promises to be kept” video (view below). Those interested in further video comedy may enjoy Energy Secretary Chris Huhne saying “No to Nuclear”!

The official YouTube channel of the Liberal Democrats is currently suspended, owing to “multiple or severe violations” of the website’s terms of service:

While not lying to voters is apparently a novel feature of YouTube’s community guidelines, Nick Clegg’s Party Election Broadcast is still available to view elsewhere:

His address to voters was prophetic:

“Broken promises. There’s been too many in the last few years; too many in the last thirty years. In fact, our nation has been littered with them, a trail of broken promises. You remember them.”

Indeed, and many voters will remember your betrayal on 5 May 2011.

Young Socialists do it better

2:58pm Sat November 20th

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A somewhat original advert by the Young Socialists in Catalonia has caused something of a stir in the region. The advert, depicting a young woman reaching climax as she casts her vote in the upcoming regional elections, has been criticised by politicians from all parts of the political spectrum for being “crude” and attacking the dignity of women.

Prudes at the BBC have shied away from embedding the whole ad on their site, opting instead to show a 20 second excerpt.

The Socialist equalities minister described the advert as “misleading”.

Clearly, she’s never had the pleasure of voting for Chuka Umunna.

Labour's latest PEB: A Nightmare On Your Street

11:40am Wed April 28th

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Above is a still from Labour’s latest Party Election Broadcast, A Nightmare On Your Street. The film is currently available at www.labour.org.uk/nightmare and will be broadcast in England today 17:55 (BBC2), 18:25 (ITV1), 18:55 (BBC1), 19:25 (five) and 19:55 (Channel 4).

Nine million people are expected to see the broadcast on the terrestrial channels, which depicts the bleak future following the election of a Conservative government. After the Conservatives’ emergency Budget cuts £6 billion from public spending, three families in a typical surburban street are visited by a grey-suited government official who tells them about cuts to Child Tax Credit, Child Trust Fund payments and Labour’s cancer specialist guarantee.

Grassroots campaign nears victory as Labour HQ consider "Against The Odds" video for TV broadcast

7:16pm Sun November 15th

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A grassroots campaign by Labour activist and prolific tweeter Ellie Gellard (@BevaniteEllie) has left a short video produced for Labour conference in Brighton poised to be selected as the party’s next official political broadcast. Scrapbook has heard whispers that the TV debut of “Against The Odds”, which utilises archival footage of the party’s role in social and political change, is now being considered for at the very highest levels within Labour HQ.

A LabourList post by Gellard, who also blogs at The Stilettoed Socialist, precipitated steadily snowballing support for the move. An online petition now boasts more than 300 signatures, Eddie Izzard has tweeted his support and those who have emailed Victoria Street to back the video are rumoured to include Alastair Campbell, who has blogged his approval, saying “it’s a powerful reminder of why Labour values matter”.

If you haven’t seen it yet, you can check Against The Odds out below. Scrapbook’s favourite line is:

“They said the son of a miner would never become a minister. But no one told Nye Bevan.”

If the video is selected it would add to the growing list of blogger initiatives adopted by the party, including a campaign webchat with Douglas Alexander.

Fingers crossed.

Tag Archives: party political broadcast

YouTube suspend Liberal Democrats' official channel

Young Socialists do it better

Labour's latest PEB: A Nightmare On Your Street

Grassroots campaign nears victory as Labour HQ consider "Against The Odds" video for TV broadcast

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