Labour’s new membership leaflet shows just how unpopular even they think Gordon Brown is

It’s a membership leaflet from Labour.

One side is covered by a large photo of a politician addressing a crowd.

Gordon Brown perhaps? No.

Or even another Cabinet minister? No.

Or a popular figure from the past? No again.

Instead, they seem to have decided they’re all so unpopular that the way to get someone to join Labour is to use the picture of the leader of another country:

Labour recruitment leaflet

The reverse does have one mention of a Labour member. Admittedly it’s their General Secretary Ray Collins, and he only gets named in the imprint. But fair’s fair, there is his name in tiny print at the foot of the page.

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10 Comments

  • John
    Posted 20th March 2009 at 12:13 pm | Permalink

    Says it all really – they’re relying on global and G20 as a narrative.

  • Posted 20th March 2009 at 12:15 pm | Permalink

    Going down with Brown…

  • Posted 20th March 2009 at 12:19 pm | Permalink

    Do Liberal Democrat membership recruitment leaflets only carry pictures of the party leader?

  • Posted 20th March 2009 at 12:21 pm | Permalink

    Yup, the one on my desk does :-)

  • David Heigham
    Posted 20th March 2009 at 12:42 pm | Permalink

    Surely that haircut, those shoulders and those ears can only be David Milliband? Brown Central will really explode when that penny drops.

  • Posted 20th March 2009 at 2:36 pm | Permalink

    All the party blurb (and I get a fair ammount) has pictures of Lib Dems in the UK, usually Party Leader or Deputy Leader, unless they’re from a particular candidate wanting my vote for somthing, in which case it’ll have their picture on it.

    They’re not all very photogenic, none are addressing huge crowds in the united states, but they are at least relevent.

  • Posted 20th March 2009 at 3:31 pm | Permalink

    @mark pack Perhaps the Lib Dems should consider not putting its leader on the front of membership material for environmental reasons?!

  • Mike
    Posted 20th March 2009 at 4:53 pm | Permalink

    Re: Matthew Cain – I don’t get it?

  • crewegwyn
    Posted 20th March 2009 at 5:40 pm | Permalink

    Mike,

    presumably MC’s point is that we’ll have to pulp the leaflets next week when we depose Nick Clegg and replace him with Lembit Opik, or me, or whoever …

    Very droll!

  • Posted 20th March 2009 at 8:58 pm | Permalink

    David, the ears should give it away: the politician in the picture is Obama.

    Not sure if he’s a Labour party member though.

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