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Where is Jo Swinson when you need her?

By Angela Harbutt
January 13th, 2010 at 2:07 pm | 12 Comments | Posted in Liberal Democrats, UK Politics

Apologies to Jo if she did comment on it. But after all those mad cries for bans on airbrushing, I can’t find a single comment from her on “that David Cameron” picture. fake1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is it terrible to fool a few silly women – but OK to deceive the whole electorate? It’s all nonsense as far as I am concerned. But some consistency would be nice. Maybe it’s just airbrushed WOMEN she objects to?

(Hat tip to Guido  (its his picture) who pointed out the glaring similarities between the over-airbrushed David Cameron and  Data from Star Trek.

UPDATE: As you will see from the comments posted – Jo Swinson has indeed commented on David Cameron’s airbrushing. Check out the comments ..but essentially Jo said the following at a House of Commons debate: Media Images (women and girls) on Jan 11thIndeed, it seems that some politicians are not immune to that vanity. The Minister may have seen the Conservative party’s new billboard featuring a picture of the Leader of the Opposition looking more than a little airbrushed. I know that he wanted to present the new face of the Conservative party, but had not realised that he meant it literally”.

Jo also tweeted on Jan 5th “something a bit fake about the new Tory poster – is it Dave’s message or just the airbrushing?

Not quite the same attack as that launched on Twiggy is it now Jo? But I was wrong to say that she had not commented quite clearly.

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Jo Swinson: boost for votes at 16

By Julian Harris
June 10th, 2009 at 1:24 pm | 9 Comments | Posted in Uncategorized

bridgeJo Swinson (who I’m convinced I saw on Westminster Bridge last night chuckling at something on a Blackberry – maybe she can confirm) has revealed that the beleaguered PM is finally doing something half-useful: floating a review of the minimum voting age.

I’m totally in favour of this, not only because of the obvious inconsistencies with other minimum age brackets.

Could it be that some good, in the form of changes to the electoral system, manages to emerge from the final days of this otherwise disastrous administration?

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