Eddie Izzard talks about Brilliant Britain with Labour
While you’re waiting for tonight’s debate (#leadersdebate) between Gordon, David and Nick you could do worse than check out Labour’s latest party political election broadcast with Eddie Izzard:
UPDATE: I didn’t want to admit this at first, but I’ve now just tweeted about the fact that I cried when I first watched this. Eddie’s right. Britain is bloody brilliant. It’s not all down to Labour, in fact it’s mainly down to how brilliant the British people are. But Labour wants to celebrate that brilliance and help people. I’m old enough to have grown up under Thatcher’s Tories and it was bloody horrible. Whatever you think Labour’s faults are don’t let the Tories wreck any hope we have for a brighter future. Trust me, they will, that’s what Tories do. I’ve experienced it.
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about 4 months ago
Some good point made by eddie, especially about campaign money. The max each party is allowed for the election campaign is £18m, raised through donations. The Tories reached this amount quicker than any other party (think Lord Ashcroft!), hence the large amount of posters they have. They could have doubled this amount, whilst Labour has to rely heavily on the trade unions. Just like the voting saystem, it is not a balanced playing field.