Labour strategy
Ahead of the election Government advertising hits record level
A new row involving the governments advertising arm, the Central Office of Information, is brewing after it emerged pre-election spending hit a record high.
Unpublished figures reveal that central Government advertising in January 2010 was the highest ever January on record, burning through a massive £30 million of taxpayers’ cash in that month alone.
Ministers have refused to publish details of the advertising and marketing campaigns that are being run at taxpayers’ expense in the run up to the General Election – pledging only to release the data in annual accounts in August 2010.
Defending it decision not to disclose the cost of current campaigns the head of COI, Mark Lund, said it would incur “disproportionate cost” to release the details.
A Snap Election Timeline
Yesterday evening Gary Gibbon posted a rather interesting piece on the Channel 4 News Snowblog, which outlined a potential timeline for the General Election. While interesting it didn’t take into account the prospect of Gordon Brown calling a snap election.
So how could things shape up if the Prime Minister goes to the country on March 25 instead of May 6? Well this is how things could pan out.
Under the timeline which sees the election being held on the 6th, it’s widely believed that Alistair Darling would deliver the Budget on 24th March.
Downing Street spinners target Sam Cam
The spirit of McBride lives on in Downing Street. According to the Telegraph Downing Street spinners have turned their guns on Samantha Cameron:
“Briefing against her has already begun,” discloses my man in Gordon Brown’s bunker.
Astonishingly, Labour officials claim that David Cameron’s wife, who transformed the fortunes of the Mayfair stationer Smythson while raising three children, is “lazy”.
