There’s a lot of it around in Labour at the moment, isn’t
there?* The backdrop to Ed’s speech on
the news today was pure carnation, and his tie matched it. And of course there’s that “magenta” (pink) ‘Woman
to Woman’ van, which has come in for a certain amount of derision.**
But what choices did the poor Labour spinners have? Red was obviously out, as were blue, yellow,
purple and green. White would be
invisible; besides, you only have to think about a white van at campaign HQ
these days to get you the sack.
A little lateral thinking would have helped. I’ve done that, and I have the answer. A white van with a big Red Cross painted over
each side (the slogan artfully inserted in the blank spaces). Think about it – it ticks boxes. It sends subliminal messages about healthcare
and humanitarianism, issues many women feel deeply about. It could reassure potential Ukip defectors.***
And most importantly, mix the two
colours together and you get a lovely girlie pink.
Just trying to help.
* Leaving politics
aside, of course.
**Much of it from
those whose own vans, not that long ago, were driving around flaunting a
message saying ‘Don’t look too foreign, or we’ll get you and send you back
somewhere nasty’, or something.
*** Not that many of
those are women, I suspect.
One of the students I interviewed the other day put on CV that he was interested in party politics. I mentioned that not too many teenagers are, nowadays and he said that he had met both the Labour and Conservative candidates for his constituency, as well as Nigel Farage - and then he said quite proudly that he supported UKIP. I didn't quite know where to put myself, he seemed unaware of what that said about him. Fortunately, he isn't old enough to vote yet.
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