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I make sense

Missives on media, marketing and more. Edited by Amar Patel

December 20, 2019

How one slogan can sweep a nation

by Amar Patel in politics


Johnson vs Corbyn Election 2019
Johnson vs Corbyn Election 2019

Has it sunk in yet? The thought of five more years of Boris Johnson “unleashing Britain’s potential” by doing whatever the bloody hell he likes? I had to take Corbyn’s advice and have a "period of reflection" before offering my thoughts. Well, one prevailing thought actually. The Tories didn’t win. Labour lost. And I don’t mean in the passive, where-were-they? sense. We are talking chronic self-harm here.

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TAGS: Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn, General Election 2019, Rother Valley, Get Brexit Done, Cost of Corbyn, Keir Starmer, Kevin Rudd, Tony Blair, Monocle Minute, Matthew D'Ancona, Tortoise Media, fullfact.org, Labour Isn't Working, Saatchi & Saatchi


May 31, 2016

In, out, shake it all about

by Amar Patel in politics


Poster by Turner-winning artist Laure Prouvost. More EU-inspired artwork available here: http://eu-uk.info

Poster by Turner-winning artist Laure Prouvost. More EU-inspired artwork available here: http://eu-uk.info

Poster by Turner-winning artist Laure Prouvost. More EU-inspired artwork available here: http://eu-uk.info

Poster by Turner-winning artist Laure Prouvost. More EU-inspired artwork available here: http://eu-uk.info

Boris v Dave. Eton chums go head to head. It's Tory civil war. Yawn. Over the past few months, it's been frustrating to see the media so obsessed with personalities rather than the actual facts. How is the public supposed to make an informed decision on the EU debate? Forecasts are not facts and neither are estimates. You would think an MP knew the difference, well-educated lot that they are. As one Newsnight audience member quipped, 'Why do the facts change depending on who's giving them?"

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TAGS: Boris Johnson, David Cameron, EU referendum, Brexit: The Movie, Michael Gove, Question time, David Mitchell, Prime Minister's Questions, Brussels, Paul Mason, EEA agreement, Kent Matthews, Black Wednesday, Daniel Hannan MEP, Ceta, TTIP, Open Europe, Vicky Redwood economist, WTO, Robert Azevedo, Airbus, Common Agricultural Policy, George Eustace, Migration Watch, Full Fact, Steve Dowdie, John Hatt, LSE, Seamus Nevin, Marley Morris, #VoteLeave, Jon Danzig, Pierre Moscovini, Nick Clegg, Jeremy Paxman EU, John Sauven, Chris Huhne, Dr Davor Jancic, Julian Lewis, Sir Richard Dearlove, Ron Noble, Ecris, Five Eyes, Lord Evans, Sir John Sawers, Sir Jon Day, Sarah O'Connor FT, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Erasmus Programme, Wolfgang Tilllmans, Matthew Elliot