Gentle mockery

It’s Friday. And it’s nearly hometime. Let’s just pop over to the Glum Councillors tumblr site to see if there’s anything to look at?

Cllr Doherty is a bit glum

Well, there’s Cllr Doherty (pictured):

“If this corner doesn’t qualify as a dangerous bend, I don’t know what does,” said Cllr Doherty standing at the corner … in the road … with his back to the oncoming traffic.

You’ve probably seen the MyDavidCameron site? Whatever you think to the politics of taking the tiddle out of the Tory leader, I like the quality of the site. They’ve not allowed themselves to be overwhelmed with tedious pointscoring and there are quite a few gentle (or even absurd) little digs.

I’m not quite sure why, but I firmly believe that if politicians were gently teased a lot more, the country would be all the better for it.

Oddly, I think it’s a game-changing site. Parties are learning that set-piece political campaigns don’t work any more. Big expensive billboard launches (this one is rumoured to have cost £500,000) can be totally derailed by a bit of mild viral ribbing.

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