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Oh dear.
First came the fake nurse who appeared in a Liberal Democrat leaflet. She was, said the Lib Dems, "illustrative". She was "misleading" his constituents said Conservative AM Jonathan Morgan.
Then came the policeman with the genuine hair-cut but fake epaulettes. He too was what the other parties called "fake" and the Lib Dems called, once again, "illustrative."
He must have been good at it because here he is again. Not enough coppers on the beat to go round?
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With image making duties to be done to be done
A LibDems pic is not an honest one honest one.
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Well it would be funny if the fake policeman turned out to be John Dixon.
No wonder they won't tell you who it was. I can imagine the fun they had with the dressing up box in the office. Perhaps they all took it in turns and we will see the Jenny or Kirsty dressed up as doctors, firemen, teachers etc.
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My local conservative candidate (Antoinette Sandbach, Delyn) has linked to an article in the times (http://tinyurl.com/3ajqhf6) with the headline "34,627 immigrants/asylum seekers let into the country because Home Office didnt bother to turn up for appeals".
Reading the article, it sounds like they failed to turn up to 34,627 appeals. However, it also sounds like only 50% were found in the appellant's favour. Which means that the figure is closer to 17,000 than 34,000. This sounds to me like a rather gross misrepresentation of the facts.
If true, this sounds like a much worse bit of fakery than having models in a couple of photos.
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Dearie Dearie Me. What DO the LibDems get up to in their time off from the Assembly ? Nurses Uniforms and Police Uniforms readily to hand ? Anyone seen a Fireman yet ? Or Maybe the Welsh Party is so strapped for Funds that they have their researchers on second jobs like poor old Aberdeen Genetics Student "Sergeant Eros" ?
Haven't seen Lembit around for a while :)
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Even worse are the ones that dress up and pretend to be MPs.
In Ceredigion we used to have a parliamentarian, now we have a librarian.
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How many LibDems does it take to change a lightbulb..?
A nurse and a policeman.
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6. X_Sticks
Or cut them both, and the lights stay off!
Mind you, you could get a really bright light by setting off a Trident missile.
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Oh, dearie, dearie me. Since the last experience we had in Scotland with what the unLib unDem will do for power, one can hardly be surprised.
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It certainly adds a bit of humour to the election!
What should have been done is e-mails sent to hospital managers asking for a nurse for a photoshoot who will be paid, same with police, a phone call asking for a five min photoshoot explaining legislation about laws impersonating police officers.
Its rush rush ram stam admin which could be avoided by planning ahead,
same with candidates, lib dems have a good chap in preseli pembs but have given him a slim chance because of last minute admin, he would be a real challenger to an unpopular tory M.P. if he had been in place 6 months ago
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Now I know they're staged photos, can't help but see them in a different light...
Kirsty Williams seems to have that wry sort of expression suggesting a motoring offence, something like: "Mobile phone ?! Really?! I finished the call ages ago, I must have still held it to my ear by mistake when I started the car. I wasn't talking or anything, like..."
The top photograph looks like something out of an 80's romcom of sorts; the candidate looks as if she's about to blurt out something like "so you were the one for me all along PC X, and I didn't even know it" etc....only to be heartbroken further on in the movie when he runs off with Kirsty WIlliams.
I reckon there's a complete story that can be cobbled together if there's any more of these about?
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Re 6
Considering the attitude of the Lib-Dems to the so-called Prime Ministerial debates and their complete inability to think differently to the other London parties, may I suggest a different punchline please?
How many LibDems does it take to change a lightbulb..?
Change??!!
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11. FoDafydd
Or "How many LibDems does it take to change one dud lightbulb for another..?"
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Being a designer and having worked in the marketing departments for large organisations I cannot see how this is misleading. It is very common place. It's just like stock photography. They've taken these photos for ease of production and continuity throughout their election material. Besides the fact many members of the public are not comfortable lending their face to such material.
How a photo of a police officer and a nurse speaking to a candidate is misleading I cannot fathom. They're not shaking hands, waving Lib Dem banners or suggest the two professions are showing any signs of support. It's merely meant to depict the kind of conversation that happens on every campaign trail.
Just seems like yet again another desperate attempt at parties trying to smear each other. How this is news worthy to media outlets such as the BBC who themselves will have carried out staged photos in the past, is beyond me.
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#13 Alex Scott
If they wanted genuine pictures of party figures meeting people from the public sector they should have had them taken and put by to be used.What the LibDems did with these pictures may not be a huge scandal but this sort of thing doesn't sit well with a lot of people.Remember the Labour minister who missed a photcall with I think members of a health trust, yet his image was inserted in the group pic with digital technology.Democratic political parties do not exist to be marketed as if they were competing brands of washing powder.
Also the LibDems were insulting the intelligence of the voters by thinking we wouldn't twig that a police officer without a number on his epaulettes isn't a real copper.
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I was thinking back to some of the debates that took place in the last few days. I thought about the one about Scottish funding, which of course is applicable to Wales. Suddenly it struck me, (no the opposition had not come for me - it was a thought). They, the lot of them, were only talking about funding from Westminster. They ALL avoided the real crux of the matter. They were ignoring the complete picture that can only be clear when the Westminster INCOME from each country is also included in the calculations. This idea of funding based upon needs gives a very wrong picture of funding. If, for example, The North East of England, contributes very little to the UK economy yet has the biggest percentage, or even the actual number, of unemployed people then it is a drain on the economy. Whereas, say Wales, contributes more to the UK economy but does not get back anything like she contributes then Wales is being robbed to finance that part not contributing its fair share. Now think North Sea Oil, Crown Estate Incomes and, perhaps DVLC???????
So, is this another of the prestidigitation methods used by Westminster to hide the truth from us? There should be no totals shown for the block grant allocations without a true figure of the UK incomes from the Block grant area.
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14. mistydougie
"Also the LibDems were insulting the intelligence of the voters by thinking we wouldn't twig that a police officer without a number on his epaulettes isn't a real copper."
Or assuming more intelligence than demonstrated by those making an issue of such trivia?
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I had a bit of spare time and I filled it by reading up on the past career of Betsan Powys. You folks just do not know how very lucky you are to have such a journalist. Would we had her likes in Scotland. There are stories here that any real journalist would give both eye teeth for and they go almost unreported. We used to have good-uns up here too but they seem to either have taken vows of silence or become so built in with the bricks they are frightened to move in case the house falls down.
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Bit quiet in here since the Scottish Lads and Lassies went home.
Here is something that might wake up a few posters.
The so called, "Joint Union Parliament", now ONLY deals with English domestic matters AND main UK matters, like defence and foreign affairs. However, it also has the Treasury and all UK incomes go into that Treasury. Then that UNION Parliament funds ONLY ENGLAND directly but doles out CAPPED BLOCK GRANTS to the other three countries. Democratic? Or What?
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18. Auld Bob
"Bit quiet in here since the Scottish Lads and Lassies went home."
Aye, but have you seen the moderation delays up North?
Six hours!
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