THE DRUM

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   Right wing bloggers paid thousands by Tories

   MessageSpace, the advertising agency run by the author of right wing Guido Fawkes blog, acted as broker on over £29k in advertising deals to right wing blogs in the run up to the general election, the electoral commission has revealed.Paul... Read more

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   UK - 03/12/2010

   Digital
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   Scottish political parties' PR strategies - a review

   Billy Partridge, director of PR and public affairs consultancy Grayling Scotland reviews the election PR campaigns by each of the parties in the build up to yesterday's election. Overview Scotland turned yellow and black on Friday with a truly... Read more

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   UK - 06/05/2011

   Public Relations
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   AV Referendum: Which side has the best campaign?

   The Yes and No campaigns are well underway ahead of the referendum on the Alternative Vote on 5 May. So who is making the best case?TV broadcastsThe Yes ad depicts incompetent MPs leading a "cushy" life under the current first-past-the... Read more

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   UK - 13/04/2011

   Advertising

   video
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   Threatened Tory conference strike opens BBC divisions

   A threatened strike by BBC staff during the upcoming Conservative party conference has been criticised by nearly 30 senior presenters as “unduly partisan.”Jeremy Paxman, Nick Robinson and Huw Edwards are amongst the big names to warn... Read more

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   UK - 01/10/2010

   Media
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   Gaffe prone Scots Tory candidates embarrass party

   Two Scottish Tory candidates are embroiled in controversy after slagging off carers and the Scottish respectively.Colin McGavigan, the parties Clydesdale candidate, made the latest jibe when he compared carers to “the great unwashed”... Read more

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   Scotland - 07/10/2010

   Public Relations
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   Tories look for YouTube votes

   The Conservatives are attempting to win a few last-minute votes through by purchasing the main advert on YouTube, filling it with a video of David Cameron.In a last gasp bid to get its message out to voters, the party's final election... Read more

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   UK - 06/05/2010

   Social Media
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   Poster warns politicians we are watching them

   Graphic Clinic has urged voters to remind politicians that we are watching them, rather than risk another generation of under performance from our politicians.The branding, digital, SEO and social media agency has created a poster for everyone to... Read more

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   UK - 06/05/2010

   Design
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   Scots Tories’ PR expert axed

   Scots Tories’ communications director Michael Crow has left the party “by mutual consent”.Mr Crow is the first high-profile victim of the party’s review into its disastrous general election results, with the party citing ... Read more

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   UK - 25/06/2010

   Public Relations
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   Conservatives call on Labour to halt all but essential marketing

   Ahead of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s expected announcement that the forthcoming election will take place on 6 May, the Conservatives have called on Labour to stop all but essential advertising. Advertising spend from the Government rose to... Read more

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   UK - 06/04/2010

   Marketing
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    Crisis PR's take on Laws' expenses outing

    Only three weeks into the new coalition government and we have already seen the first ministerial resignation, following revelations about (now former) Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Laws’ expenses claims, and then subsequently about... Read more

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    UK - 04/06/2010

    Public Relations

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