Greens’ boy band just the latest in long history of bonkers broadcasts
THE GREEN party launched a somewhat eyebrow-raising election broadcast last night, with David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage depicted as a rather bizarre boy band. Visit cityam.com/electionvideos to watch the video in all its glory, where we also dissect some of history’s equally odd party political broadcasts. There’s John Cleese urging voters to back the Lib Dems, and Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell tackling rumours she was a witch (yup…) by issuing a serious denial in front of a black background and spooky lighting. Then there’s a Labour video from 1959, which uses a cartoon of a man in a rocket to point out supposedly “rocketing” prices, having based their campaign around a cost of living crisis. Plus ca change.