R K Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 If this hasn't been overdubbed with Cameron/Osborne in the starring roles by tomorrow then theres something wrong with the world......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Didn't this start in 1918? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venger Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Twitter secret agent @theagentsdiary ยท 4 hours agoThe #Conservatives latest poster. 'Just don't mention we'll need to build on those fields, chaps...' #ukhousing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byron78 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Surely they can't just outright lie like that and get away with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveinHope Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Surely they can't just outright lie like that and get away with it? The truth today is so 'yesterday' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R K Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) There are no hedgerows, no cars and no destination so it's probably a French road. Twitter's ace. There's already a hashtag #roadtonowhere Edited January 2, 2015 by R K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_northshore_* Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Picture's obviously computer generated because we can't possibly shoehorn in any more houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie_George Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Just imagine a Lab-Tory coalition! I know they're essentially the same party, but the infighting would mean that nothing would get done. The markets would hate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richc Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Here's a hint to the Labour Party marketing team and their supporters: no one likes a bitter loser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkins Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) Twitter has figured out the stock photo the Conservatives used (note it's been mirror-imaged). It's from a German photographer. Not clear if this is actually a photo of the UK. David Prescott โ@DavidPrescott 20m20 minutes ago So the photo of the #roadtonowhere has been tracked down by @scattermoon. It's by German photographer Alex Nikada http://www.istockphoto.com/photo/country-highway-6547957?st=032fb0d โฆ Edited January 2, 2015 by Dorkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R K Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Michael O'Connor โ@StrongerInNos @Channel4News @EliotHiggins Nature of @CCHQPress photoshopping of more interest than actual location! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybong Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) "On the road to a stronger economy". Is that the Scottish highlands in the distance on the horizon. On the other hand if it's really a photograph of Germany then it starts to add up - but they lost that route map quite a few years ago Edited January 3, 2015 by billybong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkins Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) The photo might be of countryside near Dresden: https://twitter.com/YetAnotherJon/status/551179118927425536 Elainovision 2015 โ@scattermoon 4h4 hours ago Quite sure I've tracked down the stock image the Tories have used for their Road campaign poster- it's by Alex Nikada http://www.istockphoto.com/photo/country-highway-6547957?st=032fb0d โฆ 0 replies11 retweets6 favorites Reply Retweeted11 Favorite6 More Sean Fitzsimons โ@CroydonSean 2h2 hours ago @scattermoon @BorisWatch so it's from Germany? 0 replies0 retweets0 favorites Reply Retweet Favorite More Boris Watch โ@BorisWatch 2h2 hours ago @CroydonSean Also this version, which I thinkโs the same but reversed and cropped. http://www.istockphoto.com/photo/country-highway-7813413?st=be97f05 โฆ @scattermoon 0 replies0 retweets1 favorite Reply Retweet Favorite1 More Elainovision 2015 โ@scattermoon 1h1 hour ago @BorisWatch @CroydonSean cropped led me to suspect the other was closer to the original, but without knowing the location, it's hard to say 0 replies0 retweets0 favorites Reply Retweet Favorite More Boris Watch โ@BorisWatch 1h1 hour ago @scattermoon I take it youโre doing what Iโm doing, trying to get context from the portfolio around the same date? @CroydonSean 0 replies0 retweets0 favorites Reply Retweet Favorite More Elainovision 2015 โ@scattermoon 1h1 hour ago @BorisWatch @CroydonSean the only obvious location in the photos uploaded around then is Dresden. 0 replies0 retweets0 favorites Reply Retweet Favorite More Boris Watch โ@BorisWatch 48m48 minutes ago @scattermoon Those โmodern office towerโ shots are Dresden too http://www.bu.edu/abroad/programs/dresden-internship-program/ โฆ http://www.istockphoto.com/photo/modern-office-tower-6523816?st=be97f05 โฆ @CroydonSean Edited January 3, 2015 by Dorkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkins Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Another cunning stunt signed off by our old friend Grant Shapps/Michael Green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Michael O'Connor โ@StrongerInNos @Channel4News @EliotHiggins Nature of @CCHQPress photoshopping of more interest than actual location! They actually employ someone to deconstruct this shit? Its a bloody image. There's enough actual damage they've done in the last 5 years to talk about without fretting over a stupid picture. Fecking mainstream media. Rome could be burning and they would worry about the earthworms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkins Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) They actually employ someone to deconstruct this shit? Its a bloody image. There's enough actual damage they've done in the last 5 years to talk about without fretting over a stupid picture. Fecking mainstream media. Rome could be burning and they would worry about the earthworms. I agree it's not important, but it's interesting to see behind the mask nonetheless. This poster is meant to be the big launch of the Conservative party 2015 general election campaign, so you'd think it would be quite a big deal for them and they've had 5 years to prepare for this moment carefully. As you say it's fairly straightforward to deconstruct the message they're trying to send, what's funny is the cackhanded execution. Presumably this poster is meant to inspire patriotic sentiment for Britain's (England's?) green and pleasant land, but what they may have actually done is plaster a Union Jack on a photo of some not-particularly-British-looking bit of East Germany. Edited January 3, 2015 by Dorkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormymonday_2011 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) This Daily Telegraph columnist was less than impressed.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11321608/Conservative-election-poster-politics-is-on-a-road-to-nowhere.htmlI agreed with his take on the picture of a road disappearing into a forest or wood that it suggests David Cameron and the Conservatives want to take us into Deliverance and Texas Chainsaw massacre country where we are likely to be devoured by crazed hillbilly cannibals. Given politics is in the business of selling the hope of a brighter tomorrow (no matter how specious) it is a really odd choice. Reminded me of this Edited January 3, 2015 by stormymonday_2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Pretty much sums up Tory ineptitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byron78 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Apparently near Dresden. Green and flat largely thanks to lots and lots of carpet/fire bombing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R K Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Rupert thinks hes roadkill........... Peter BrookesVerified account โ@BrookesTimes My cartoon Saturday @TheTimes. Dave unveils the first election poster of 2015 #Tories #Election2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkins Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Update from Twitter: Elainovision 2015 โ@scattermoon 1h1 hour ago I have just had confirmation from *the photographer himself* that the Tory road election photo is indeed from nr Weimar, Thuringia, GERMANY. Edited January 3, 2015 by Dorkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R K Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) Road to Weimar (you really couldnt make that up) says the german photographer who took the picture used in the Tory poster. Osborne says its a British road. What does Corrinne Stockheath say? http://www.channel4.com/news/conservative-tory-poster-election-photo-germany-uk Channel 4 News contacted Mr Burzik today, and he said the original photograph was taken in Germany not far from his home town of Weimar. He said that the version in the poster had been digitally altered Edited January 4, 2015 by R K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Weimar, fantastic. Probably a snap Osborne took on a fact finding juncket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev-all-in Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Jesus H Christ - the road to Wiemar.... Michael Shapps has excelled himself again. Are they taking the piss? or is it just rank incompetence? I'm really not sure anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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