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Instagram moves to the dark side of advertising
It’s been speculated for months, but it’s now official, Instagram has launched brand advertising in the UK. A sponsored post from Instagram itself appeared in UK user’s newsfeeds earlier this week...
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Why we’re all guilty of ‘weekendvy.’
‘Weekendvy’ is a latest term to be coined by Travelodge following the revelation that one in three of us is likely to embellish the truth about our weekend antics to impress friends and colleagues. The...
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Should The Horror of War Sell Christmas?
The Sainsbury’s advert has, according to the Telegraph, “upped the ante in the seasonal adverts battle”, but I found myself feeling more troubled than touched on first watching it yesterday. Yes, John...
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My Villain of the Year
We’re back! After a year’s hiatus for no other reason than sheer exhaustion this time last year, by popular demand I am resurrecting my annual heroes and villains blog (yes, some people really do like...
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My Man of the Year
It’s time to reveal my high achievers of the year, those individuals that have made a real contribution or, frankly, just made me laugh. As usual, and I make no excuse for this, politicians dominate...
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Oborne makes a stand for journalistic integrity
What do you do if you are a journalist and your editor refuses to cover a story because it has commercial implications for the paper? In Peter Oborne’s case you resign and you have to applaud him for...
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Speak for England, Margaret!
Margaret Hodge has been accused of being rude. She was. Margaret Hodge has been accused of being bullying. Possibly. Margaret Hodge has been accused of losing her rag. Definitely, and I envy her. In...
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What this election needs is a good old-fashioned husting!
Yesterday, the Prime Minister met a voter, a proper voter not one with a press badge. He went for a walkabout (my god the daring!) in Alnwick. Now, admittedly, it was 3pm on a Monday afternoon in a...
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The British electorate is not ‘engaged’!
Did anybody else see the photo of the little girl sitting next to David Cameron with her head on the desk and think, “I know how you feel.” Like the little girl, I suspect most of the electorate are...
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Milifans – the chasm between mainstream and social media grows ever wider
What is going on? Ed Miliband has a fan club on Twitter. He has teenage girls, only just getting over Zayn Malik leaving One Direction, all flustered. Apparently, ‘Milifans’ as they are now known,...
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