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(not satire – it’s the UKIP!)
Oh dear.
Turns out the supposedly unemployed British builder used in one of UKIP’s election posters isn’t British at all:
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And he’s not unemployed either. Or even a builder.
In fact he’s an EU immigrant – an Irish actor called Dave O’Rourke. Here he is in a film called ‘Mordere‘:
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Oops!
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If you think about it, this means UKIP have used a migrant worker instead of a British worker to play a British worker whose job has been taken by migrant workers in a poster attacking migrant workers for taking British jobs.
Which is why when it comes to satire – I’m a BIG fan of UKIP.
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Please feel free to comment.
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Reblogged this on chunkyfunkymunky.
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Once again, Farage and his sad band of racist inadequates are caught lying. The head turd of Toad Hall may smirk, but BNP entryists had infiltrated his party and, like a fish, the rot sets in at the head.
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I wonder how much he was paid, presuming it was a ‘professional’ shoot
“To design an advertising campaign with the power to shock, the UK Independence party turned to Family, a small creative agency in Edinburgh that has worked for both the Conservatives and the Scottish National party.”
“The imagery and wording on the posters was heavily influenced by Paul Sykes, a Yorkshire businessman who invested £1.5m of his own money to fund the Ukip advertising campaign. Nigel Farage, the party’s leader, also played an important role in the creative process, said Patrick O’Flynn, Ukip communications chief.”
From Robert Cookson at the FT
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f46bbf8-ca15-11e3-8a31-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2zupEXOEv
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With almost 2.5 million people out of work, even according to the governments own lying under stated figures, surely they didn’t need to actually employ an ACTOR to pretend to be an unemployed builder?
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Furthermore, just look at the shadowy bodies endorsing Toad of Toad Hall’s vile propaganda- MigrantWatch (closet racist bean counters) and the Tax Payers Alliance, who are totally silent about real tax avoiders, but have a Murdoch-like hatred of public services.
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I can see this somehow being the EU’s fault. Just you wait and see… 😉
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are so there employing irish acters instead of British ones hypocrisy or what.
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Couldn’t a group like UKIP find an unemployed British actor to spread lies? And if there’s cheap labour, why isn’t the minimum wage being enforced?
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Farage doesn’t care about the British people, he has been boasting about how he’s pocketed £2 million in expenses. He has stated if ukip don’t win “substantial” seats at the general election he will resign. So much for digging in and fighting for the British people. wonder where the £287,000 went from the ukip call centre ??
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It amuses me from the comments on here that one should believe that all the other political parties are squeaky clean. Are you all blind?
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Yes, Gareth, I AM blind, and am reading this in braille.
And the argument “They’re all doing that bad thing so it’s OK for me to do that bad thing which I have specifically complained about them doing and said I would never do,” actually doesn’t work once you’re out of infant school. (It doesn’t work in infant school either, but people are kinder about it when you’re seven).
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couldent they find a reall unemployed builder i mean its not like there arnt any.
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UKIP use a Scottish ad agency
http://www.familycomms.com/
Whose clients include the SNP and Scottish Conservative Party
And are part of an international network of ad agencies Tribe Global
http://www.tribeglobal.net/agencies/Member-list
, with ‘associates’ in
France, http://www.tribeglobal.net/agencies/Member-list/Agence-Dagre
Belguim, http://www.tribeglobal.net/agencies/Member-list/comma-merkenmarketeers
Luxembourg, http://www.tribeglobal.net/agencies/Member-list/Interact-s.a
Italy, http://www.tribeglobal.net/agencies/Member-list/Attitude
Holland, http://www.tribeglobal.net/agencies/Member-list/Steam-Advertising
Germany http://www.tribeglobal.net/agencies/Member-list/defacto.X-GmbH
http://www.tribeglobal.net/agencies/Member-list/Punktzwei-Markenagentur
Romania http://www.tribeglobal.net/agencies/Member-list/Brici-Entertainment
Spain http://www.tribeglobal.net/agencies/Member-list/Paradigma-Barcelona
And claim;
“. Multi-culti is in our hearts and we benefit from our diversity as do our clients. We are agile, nimble and energetic; we don’t believe in barriers to doing business”
http://www.tribeglobal.net/who-we-are/Culture
To launch an attack on the UK’s membership of the European Union
Truly it is (not satire – it’s the UKIP!)
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Hello Bluecat,
I’m not really quite sure what you are getting at, with all due respect? Please fill me in.
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Reblogged this on Vox Political and commented:
I was going to do something about this, but there really isn’t a lot to say, is there?
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You could mention that the ad agency also handled part of the anti-smoking campaign in Scotland
http://www.familycomms.com/portfolio/cancer-research-smoke-free-scotland/
Winning awards for their work.
So I am not sure they are a perfect match for Nigel’s fag n’beer image
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Without putting words in Bluecat’s mouth, I imagine the gist of the message is : Yes, all political parties get up to no good, but UKIP are the champions at it, even more so than the BNP (at least we know where we are with THEM.) So, your comment could be seen as a defence of UKIP. But then, you could be a UKIP employee blogger as far as we know…
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Please give some indication of why you are accusing Nigel and UKIP supporters of racism and HOW they have bee lying. Yes there are a few “members” that have lied to jin the party, but Nigel acts very quickly to deal with them , unlike Cameron or Milliband when any of their members are caught out,. google “list of MPs convicted of sex offenses” if you want to know what the real dangers are. I WILL BE VOTING UKIP
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Eijnar, What member of the public would want their picture plastered all over bill boards, of course they had to hire an actor, he represents thousands of builders, and that is the intention, Ireland is part of the UK and Irish builders have been coming here for decades to work.
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Make up your mind, if it had been an English actor, you would say it was racist, Ireland is part of the UK and have been coming here to work for decades, or is that only ok if they are building roads.
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I suppose you think the Lab/Cons “care” about the British people, that is why patients are dying on trollies or whilst waiting for an ambulance, why we have 2mill + out of work, food banks (modern day soup kitchens), If Nigel was in it for the money, do yu think he would have spent 10 years with UKIP, he surely would have joined the Lab or Cons and like them would now be very very rich, instead he is trying to get out of Europe and by doing so will lose what you class as a very well paid job. He never stated that if he doesn’t get substantial seats he will resign, he actually said if they didn’t get any seats he would, this was said tongue in cheek, so if you are going to repeat something, get it right.
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Reblogged this on Beastrabban’s Weblog and commented:
There have been a number of incidents like this in the past, when politicians promoting a policy have been caught doing the exact opposite. For example, in one election it turned out that the manifesto the Tories issued in Scotland, claiming that they would protect jobs north of the Border, was found to have been actually printed in England. This is more of the same, from UKIP, who are largely the product of the Europhobic Tory Right.
The actual poster itself, however, shows how far back politics has gone in this country, and how far back to the Victorian or Edwardian era UKIP will take us. One of the books I had when studying history at College contained a Tory election poster from the first decade or so of the 20th century. It showed how the Tories were trying to play on working-class fears about emigration. It depicted an employer opening his doors to a compatriot, just arrived in Britain from the Continent, saying something like ‘Welcome, Mein Freund’, while a British workers is thrown out the back. He has been sacked to provide a job for his foreign employer’s fellow countryman. And so the racial fears that marred the first half of the twentieth century have returned in the 21st.
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Gareth, unfortunately there are still a lot that are blind to what is happening, they are waking up fast though, the rest obviously want to be part of the new “super State” or as G. Orwell put it “1984”
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tiddk: Before you accuse UKIP of being “champions at it” Google this “list of MPs convicted of sex offences”
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why are ukip so defensive about this.
and stop puting words into my mouth.
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maybe you should acting like the thought police then.
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so pretending an Irish actor is an English builder isn’t lying then.
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Reblogged this on sdbast.
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Valerie , after 10 years you still can’t see the truth. here’s an example, UKIP’s Roger Knapman used Polish workers renovating his mansion when asked about employing British workers . Knapman replied “because they are cheaper” . Double standards and betrayal. And where is Roger now Valerie ?
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If ukip are for the British interest, why did ukips Roger Knapman employ Poles to renovate his mansion? . When asked he replied “because they are cheaper”. And where is Roger Knapman now? double standards from ukip .
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The use of actors in advertising is a normal action, in fact a huge amount of actors earn their livings by being in adverts. It isn’t lying its an advert, just like every other party uses actors. I think you’ll find in the acting industry to pretend to be something you are not is an every day occurrence. P.S. your dad pretended to be father christmas so never speak to the liar again.
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Nothing to defend they employed and actor to act which is what his profession is, it’s an advert nothing more nothing less.
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They most likely didn’t care who the actor was, after all he would have been supplied by a british agency, and as UKIP is not racist they wouldn’t have even considered asking for a British actor, the man lives, and works here he wasn’t imported for the job. Seems to me you are a racist.
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Seeing as UKIP have no MPs, I would say they compare favourably on the sex offences front. However, search for “Bongo Bongo Land” or “Floods caused by gays marriage”, and UKIP might not look so appealing.
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You mean the ex tory ex UKIP Roger Knapman by any chance Carl?
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Why when there are professional actors who pay their dues and train to do the job, what next get an unemployed sailor to be admiral of the fleet perhaps?
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Well UKIP never claimed to be racist, UKIP never said all immigration should stop, only that it should be controlled, and that anyone who brings skills to the nation should be welcomed with open arms, not allowing everybody and anybody into the country is not racist, it’s common sense.
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Well ad agencies do what they are paid to do, they don’t have to believe in the product at all.
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You mean the ex tory ukip Roger Knapman, how far behind are you with the news, btw we aren’t fighting in korea anymore.
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I know more than you think Barry! so you don’t deny his actions then , eh Barry. About 2 years time we’ll see what happens to ukip, you’ve been warned. Knapman just about sums up ukrap.
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I never quite understood this United Kippers in Pouches group – are they just very bad performance artists?
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson Second Line View of the News.
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If you removed farage and replaced him with a stuffed toy, gave ukip unlimited media coverage, people would still vote ukip and the stuffed toy. Murdoch is pro Europe and for free movement of people across Europe. So why is he promoting ukip?. Are ukipers too thick to work it out ?, they obviously are.
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its normal to tell people if your using an actor.
ukip dident.
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Ireland isn’t part of the UK.
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Reblogged this on My Blog.
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Another wonderful example of how a party with no policies, only exceptions, manages to consistently score own goals. Idiots.
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Being a musician, I would like to spend a couple of weeks in Bongo Bongo land….does anyone know how you get there??
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Northern Ireland is! — Southern Ireland or Eire is part of the EU.
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Nigel Farrago queried to journalists whether he should have used muppets or talking meerkats instead?
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When all you are required to do is sit on the sidewalk with a begging bowl looking glum…do you really call that ‘acting’….?? Maybe posing, or modelling, perhaps?
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Whatever Rupert Murdoch is up to, he is a man not to be trusted.
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Valerie,
Thanks for the backup. I can’t believe there are so many people with their heads thoroughly entrenched in the deep sands of time. Then again it only takes a quite short memory to realise how the present incumbents (and the previous idiots) have brought this country to it’s knees. And yes ‘tiddk’ I defend UKIP but I am not employed by them,
but believe they are the only way to get this Country back into the hands of the people.
You’ve gotta admit the current lot are an elected Dictatorship, I mean to pluck one useless Dinosaur they are getting all excited about, the new HS2 rail route ….. eh? This is the 21st Century, we have the Internet you Dummies. Absolutely pathetic.
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Exactly – well said
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I half remember a quote supposedly of something Einstein said along the lines of the definition of insanity being doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. Well, we’ve all voted Tory / Labour / LibDem over and over again and they’ve all disappointed us over and over again. I say give UKIP a chance – can’t be any worse than what we’ve been doing.
If the one thing they manage is to get us out of the corrupt, undemocratic, and hugely expensive club that is the EU that’ll do me. Think of the things we can spend all those saved billions on every year for the greater good.
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I think tou’ll find there were a lot of politcal protests, several battles and a small war, at the end of which Ireland emerged as an independent Republic. Northern Ireland is still part of the UK. As the actor in question was from Dublin, he was born in the Republic. Just a bit of basic political geography…
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You could try voting for the Green Party instead – but then I suppose they are too keen on actually trying to be decent!
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