Showing posts with label election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label election. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Yes, It's Election Mania!

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With the 2010 election approaching, Shouting Into A Well takes a look at the posters the parties are hoping will encourage you to give them your vote.

First up are the Cybermen and, unusually for an emotionless robot-race, they are running a newspaper campaign that plays on the fear the electorate has for the opposition leader.

The Daleks on the other hand are playing the ball, and not the man, and going with a poster which attacks one of the Cybermen's central policies (click for bigger image)

The smaller parties are also making a big push with this simple, but direct, plea to the voters from the Ice Warriors.

And finally, this message from a first-time candidate.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Harold Saxon: The first 100 days

Self-described renaissance man for the 21st century, Harold Saxon seemed to come from nowhere to establish himself as a heavyweight player in British politics. Indeed one opponent, shortly before his mysterious disappearance, described him as “rising without a trace” and it is true to say that Mr Saxon rapidly established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the political vacuum following the resignation of Harriet Jones.

His swift handling of the Christmas Star Crisis drew much praise and he threw himself into the design and implementation of both the UNIT carrier Valiant and the Archangel Satellite Network which caught the imagination of the public and saw his popularity soar to unprecedented levels. “Vote Saxon” read the posters in the election campaign and the public did, in record numbers.

Recent decisions have, however, drawn more criticism. Killing the President of the United States of America live on global television was viewed by many as bad for Britain's image abroad. Likewise the Toclafane, in some ways endearingly childlike, have bought terror to the planet and their recent decimation of the population has seen the survivors ask if Mr Saxon has perhaps exceeded the limits of his constitutional power... Read More

Have Your Say

“I backed Mr Saxon in the election and I'd do it again. He's good for Britain and good for the world!”
Gerald, Newcastle

“Mr Saxon is the wrong person in the wrong job at the wrong time. As survivors struggle in the ruins of our civilisation we need a uniter not a divider. I didn't vote for Earth to be turned into a giant slave camp preparing for war against the rest of the universe. Shame on you Mr Saxon”
Name withheld, 27b Albert Terrace, Bridge Road, London

“I think Harold Saxon's decision to bring the Toclafane here was a load of balls!”
Mike Giggler, via email
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