General Election
Campaign analysis: Let’s unpick Labour and Tory rhetoric
Examining the statements, slogans and strategies of what is being said, why it is being said, and the relationship to reality.
Political Rhetoric
Campaign analysis: Let’s unpick Labour and Tory rhetoric
Examining the statements, slogans and strategies of what is being said, why it is being said, and the relationship to reality.
Cameron’s central argument on debt is wrong; Labour needs to find a way to say so
Speechwriting expert Asher Dresner reviews David Cameron’s Tory conference speech yesterday, focusing on his central argument about the debt, and why he is wrong.
Slowly but surely, Ed’s speeches are getting better
Asher Drasner analyses Ed Miliband’s Labour party conference speech yesterday, and concludes that his style, slowly but surely, is improving.
Recycled Tory attacks show Clegg has gone native
Kevin Meagher on how Nick Clegg’s recycling of rhetoric from Cameron signals a new level of cooperation between the Lib Dems and Tories when Labour-bashing.