The animated election

There has been some lovely use of animation by parties and other groups during the election. Below I’ve selected some of my favourites. I find it quite reassuring that new technology is boosting, and bringing to a wider audience, one of the oldest forms of political communication, that of the satirical cartoon.

First up is a re-run of the Gorvid Camerown video from the Labservatives:

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The second one is my favourite reaction to the first leader’s debate. If you didn’t watch it, don’t worry, this video will sum it up in 15 seconds:

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Then there is this really rather lovely one from ‘I believe in fairness‘:

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Finally, I rather liked this video of Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell struggling to “get” Nick Clegg. I wonder if his difficulty in being able to caricature Clegg has any greater significance?

This content was originally posted on my old Strange Thoughts blog.