Tuesday, 28th April 2009

A glimpse inside the Tory war room

Peter Hoskin 2:11pm

The Tories have just launched the first in their new series of "War room Briefings"; videos which go behind-the-scenes of their campaign operation. It's not earth-shattering stuff - but a nice use of the internet nonetheless, and good viewing for us political anoraks:

P.S. While we're talking online videos, the Economist's Bagehot blog has a post on how YouTube is "helping to finish off" Brown.

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Hereford

April 28th, 2009 3:07pm Report this comment

Can't see the war room because it's being obscured by some rather large and pugnatious looking cove. Looks like a slightly better dressed John Prescott.

London Calling

April 28th, 2009 3:28pm Report this comment

I adore Pickles...

'And that there blue part on the map, yes all that blue, that there is uz...:0

Nicholas

April 28th, 2009 4:18pm Report this comment

It's "pugnacious" and the contrast with New Labour's tortuous attempts to harness the net are clear. This is honest WYSIWYG. New Labour's is top down propaganda.

Hereford

April 28th, 2009 4:52pm Report this comment

Cheers Nick.

Dr Strangelove

April 28th, 2009 5:36pm Report this comment

But with the fluffy nice Cameroon Tories will any fighting be allowed in the war room?

Alf Tupper

April 28th, 2009 5:41pm Report this comment

Well done Nicholas in defending Mr Pickles from such tawdry jibes. In my view we need to see more of his refreshing, down to earth communicative style and he should be applauded.

Little known as yet, but it's rumoured in certain circles that on top of all his 'war room' gearing up for the elections he has found time to draft an autobiography of fittingly epic proportion: working title "Remembrance of Time's Pasties"

TGF UKIP

April 28th, 2009 7:08pm Report this comment

Visible totty very tasty too. Was Tamzin starring?

Meanwhile don't forget Coffee Housers can help to finish off Brown by signing the petition at: petions.number10.gov.uk/please-go/

And please can we have a permanent link to that on the Coffee House, Pete.

biggestaspidistra

April 28th, 2009 8:04pm Report this comment

isn't this anorak central?

John Lea

April 29th, 2009 12:02pm Report this comment

Eric Pickles: oafish, patronising conman! His behaviour may charm some people on this thread, but I find his phony working-class accent and his 'I'm just an ordinary bloke like you' act quite pathetic.

He may not do commuter trains, but he certainly does the gravy variety.

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