Left Foot Forward #title image Published by Will Straw, May 1st 2010 at 4:53 pm

“Broken Britain” turned on its head

After a week where the Labour party has been accused of negative campaigning, their latest online video turns David Cameron’s “Broken Britain” narrative on its head – with a positive twist.

On first viewing, I was a bit unsure by the worst party election broadcast, but stick with it for a clever twist.

Watch it:

The Conservatives have repeatedly talked down Britain during the election campaign:

• Chris Grayling has repeatedly misused crime statistics;

• Paul Krugman has dismissed comparisons made by Conservatives between the UK and Greece;

• Conservative scaremongering about the threat of a hung parliament is not backed up by market behaviour

• David Cameron has been challenged by Channel 4 Fact Check for his description of Labour’s poverty record;

• The Tories were criticised for erroneously claiming that half of teenagers in some areas fell pregnant; and

• Public Finance magazine showed that the Tories had misused incapacity benefit figures.

Comments
  1. Simon Taylor says:
    May 1, 2010 at 6:46 pm

    RT @Conorpope: Fantastic. Really loathe the "broken Britain" rhetoric. RT @leftfootfwd: Labour turns "Broken Britain" on its head http://bit.ly/b5PE7M

  2. Penfold says:
    May 1, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    Change v hope. Broken Britain turned on it's head (via LeftFootForward) http://bit.ly/caB3yO

  3. Conor Pope says:
    May 1, 2010 at 7:44 pm

    Fantastic. Really loathe the "broken Britain" rhetoric. RT @leftfootfwd: Labour turns "Broken Britain" on its head http://bit.ly/b5PE7M

  4. A Nate says:
    May 1, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    The original is better

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA&feature=player_embedded

  5. Robert says:
    May 1, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    Very subtle.

    Very clever.

    It stays with Tory talking points.

    Not a bad one at all.

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    May 1, 2010 at 8:57 pm

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  7. Nautilus in Red says:
    May 1, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    RT @leftfootfwd: "Broken Britain" turned on its head http://bit.ly/b5PE7M
    Watch this; it is worth it.

  8. Mr. Sensible says:
    May 1, 2010 at 9:53 pm

    Broken Britain?

    Broken Tories, mor like!

  9. Samantha Frost says:
    May 1, 2010 at 11:14 pm

    RT @leftfootfwd: "Broken Britain" turned on its head http://bit.ly/b5PE7M

  10. Adam Whiley says:
    May 2, 2010 at 9:26 am

    Positive thinking contrasts with the Tories' scaremongering- http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/05/broken-britain-turned-on-its-head/

  11. blogs of the world says:
    May 2, 2010 at 7:55 pm

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  12. Peter Lineton says:
    May 3, 2010 at 10:13 am

    RT @leftfootfwd: "Broken Britain" turned on its head http://bit.ly/b5PE7M

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