March 16th, 2012

Potem-Ken Campaign Battle Bus

Basically Boris announced a battle bus tour, within hours Ken’s digital campaign team Photoshopped a battle bus from a picture on Wikipedia. Just as they copied his “Better off with Boris” logo on Wednesday. Digital campaigning at its lamest.

Faked Potemkin villages might have fooled Russian empresses in 1787 but nobody in 2012 is going to be fooled by a digitally faked Potem-Ken bus. The Ken campaign is woeful…

Andrew Gilligan has the full story.


138 Comments

  1. 1
    Fact says:

    Looks so cheap!

    • 20
      Old Tory Bigot says:

      Ken can’t even afford to hire someone with half-way decent Photoshop skills.

      Also I think Arriva might have something to say about it. Misrepresenting one of the vehicles as a mobile gin palace for Ken and his cronies.

    • 25
      Ivor Tapeworm says:

      This would be the same Andrew Gilligan who claimed that Ken’s company made £755,778 over 3 years, by mistaking accumulated profits for trading profits and counting them three times?

      I’m not justifying Ken’s actions, but Gilligan needs to up his game if he wants to be treated as a serious journalist. That gaffe is the sort a junior reporter in a local free paper would make.

      Hat Tip: http://www.housepr*cecrash.co.uk

      • 28
        The Gaffer says:

        Its the sort that innumerate polticians make all the time.

      • 100
        Jimmy says:

        I’m afraid every Gilligan “scoop” between now and May is going to be recycled here and you’ll just have to accept it.

    • 26
      A Reader says:

      Guido, will you please do something about this comments system? It is taking a great deal of the pleasure out of visiting your blog site.

      • 33
        Tachybaptus says:

        To be fair to Guido, he can’t. It was imposed on him and us by WordPress, and the only way to get out of it would be to move to an independently hosted blog, which is a bit of a trek.

        You seem to have managed to grace this spot with your fairly fragrant thoughts, anyway.

      • 52
        Your Effing Blog is Broken says:

        Guido can’t do anything, other than move Order-Order.com to another host.

        It’s the unaccountable and arrogant control freaks at WordPress who are to blame.

        Suddenly, and without any announcement to the community, they changed the rules about who can post and with what credentials.

        Probably more of a cock-up than a conspiricy but WP’s attitude about it stinks (we know what’s best for you, we are always right, we are never wrong etc…).

        FOR NOW, PUT IN ANY RANDOM EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE EMAIL FIELD

        • 53
          Medja nerd says:

          A treck from the US to Nevis then Ireland and back perhaps,

          Seems simple to me

          • Your Effing Blog is Broken says:

            Expand on this please

          • Media student (MA Hons, failed) says:

            Well it’s a long story

            As you all know, we have to outfox all the £hillings and cents of this world who like bringing phoney libel actions

            Then we have to ensure that we can claim the US 1st Amendment

            Then we have to make sure that any legal action which gets through the net is brought in Nevis where conditions are very strict – cash upfront from the plaintiff

            Last but not least, when Guido and the huge team he employs all go off to the boozer together three or four times a day, the fooking system has to work all by itself without too many carcrashes (he does not like to be comparied with Ed milliband you see)

        • 66
          Tachybaptus says:

          You can put a random address in only if you didn’t succumb to Guido’s earlier effort at control a year or so ago, when he expected people to log in to WordPress when posting a comment. If you did this, and you are still using the same moniker, you have to give the address that you gave WordPress for it. So now you are actually encouraged to be anonymous, which allows you to give a false address.

        • 69
          Anonymous says:

          Tee Hee, I did

        • 73
          guido.fawkes@order-order.com says:

          “guido.fawkes@order-order.com” seems to be working…for now, anyway.

          • Revd. Phoney £rd Way B£iar, Sanctimonious Git and ***r says:

            My NHS computing scam works better than this!

            Hey! Trust Me! I could get this working!

            I’mastraightkindaguy!!

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  2. 2
    jgm2 says:

    He’s blown his entire election budget on hiring thugs.

  3. 3
    nellnewman says:

    That’s about as real as miliband’s promises for 100000 non jobs then.

    • 58
      Empty Ed and his mighty warriors says:

      Where is my Wolls Woyce when I need it ?

      • 75
        nellnewman says:

        I suspect kenlivingtone’s ex treme ter ror pals, will, whilst you stay friendly with him be happy to fund you a rolls royce for as long as you want one.

        You scratch my back I’ll scratch yours. That’s how things seem to work in the leftie labourworld.

  4. 4
    Oy Vey says:

    They didn’t even think to use a bendy-bus

    Amatuer

  5. 5
    jgm2 says:

    Anyway – what’s Ken doing photo-shopping a double-decker? He could at least have had the courage of his convictions and photo-shopped his message onto a bendy-bus.

  6. 8
    jgm2 says:

    Boris should go one better and photoshop his message on the Sun or the Moon. Or at the very least an A380.

    • 54
      Kelvin Mackenzie says:

      BloJo deserves a full front page spread in the Sunday Star

      Surrounded by his multiple totty and accolytes…

      This is the sort of meaty Mayor we want

  7. 10
    Fact says:
  8. 11
    Joss Ayinglike says:

    I think Red Ken should spend more time at home with his newts.

  9. 12
    Jack says:

    Guido

    If I may, I refer to your excellent referenced article by Delingpole on defending capitalism. I think he his quite right as far as he goes.

    As a convinced Adam Smith supoorter personally (from before you were born, when Adam Smith was scorned by all intellectuals and universities, with a very few notable exceptions), I can oinly say that the whole argument is polluted by the banks.

    I have already cited the articles here stating what Adam Smith (and many others since) said about the banks. I would add:

    1) The “float” (i.e. deposits of citizens) are a “free lunch” for bankers.
    2) The implied guiarantee of the state, used to a huge extent by ALL the London banks during the crisis, omposes on any governmetn strict regulation of the deposit taking banks.

    We saw what “light touch” regulation did.

    If the a

    • 13
      Jack says:

      argument is to advance at all between “capitalism” and any other system (God knows it is the least bad of all systems), we simply have to recognise that banking is not like any other industry.

      Added to which, bankers must be held accountable for fraud whenever it is committed, as in recent years, when it has been on a massive scale.

      Then we can clear the decks and get on with responsible “Adam Smith”, free market capitalism and deal with the other discredited systems/models

  10. 14
    Some Geezer wot "Ken" not believe that man's arrogance says:

    Do you suppose the easyJet.com people will object to their advert being covered? After all, they paid good money to put it up, didn’t they? But of course, property rights mean nothing to a committed Leftie like Ken, right? So of course, he’ll forgo his property rights to the dosh he’s saving with his tax avoidance, won’t you now, Ken?

    “Fare Deal” my Aunt– let’s see you come up with a Fair Deal on your taxes, Ken!

  11. 15
    TBH says:

    About as fake as the postal votes

  12. 16
    CIA operative says:

    Re your tweet

    The greatest success of the KGB was to organise, spawn and protect the oligarchs who have pillaged Russia and now infest London…

    And who have so discredited the idea of responsible capitalism

  13. 18
    Anonymous says:

    Anyone submitted it to PSDisasters.com yet? The full size version is something to behold.
    http://www.kenlivingstone.com/uploads/f3213923-4102-8364-8561-604249db65a0.jpg

  14. 19
    Q says:

    Maybe the school kid who is practising using photoshop use should have done this one first…

    http://theopinionista.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/livingstone_qaradawi.jpg

    • 50
      M says:

      Perhaps the start of the yoof garuenteed jobs by millibandwagon

    • 129
      Anonymous says:

      Perhaps said kid should have read the GPL attached to the image about not altering it in any way or form.

      I suppose newtlicker doesn’t care one way or another.

  15. 21
    P.Mandevilson, the Eminence Greasy says:

    Oh yes, me too !

  16. 24
    Joss Taskin says:

    Surely ‘ Bitter old git Ken’ would be closer to the truth than ‘ Better off with Ken’ ?

  17. 31
    Kemal Livingstone says:

    I didn’t pay taxes so i could use the dosh to pay my wife to photoshop for my campaign.
    What’s wrong with

  18. 35
    I don't need no doctor says:

    Ken Livingstone is fake.

  19. 37
    john in cheshire says:

    In a normal world, Mr Livingstone would have been brought to justice and be suffering the consequences of his actions many years ago. He either has mental problems, was born a genetically programmed crook or he is evil. I think he’s evil.

    • 40
      I don't need no doctor says:

      Along with a good few of his labour colleagues. You have to be evil to lie like labour do.

    • 89
      nellnewman says:

      I like the thought of him being genetically programmed. I certainly wonder what his genealogical stock was. A possible study for ‘who do you think you are?’

  20. 41
    Joe Stalin, Fidel Castro, Mao etc etc says:

    The end justifies the means.

  21. 45
    Hee Hee says:
    • 48
      jgm2 says:

      Tee hee indeed.

    • 78
      Tachybaptus says:

      Her and Harman. Tee hee ^2.

    • 81
      AC1 says:

      Come on. Why are we impinging on her cultural norms that she’s brought to the U.K. such as the diverse following of legal rules?

    • 90
      Ivor Tapeworm says:

      She has previous – was prosecuted before for driving whilst using a phone. So she is arrogant and stupid too.

      And 2 speeding offences.

      To top it all, she was driving without insurance.

      Ans she’s a former barrister so should know better.

      Her lawyer said “Qureshi could have argued for ‘exceptional hardship’ to try to avoid the driving ban, because of her job”.

      Hardship? You mean for the taxpayers who will now have to pay for this cow’s fucking taxis?

  22. 47

    Has Ken missed the bus this time?

  23. 51
    Oh? says:
    • 55
      Reuters correspondent, always first with the news says:

      Before Plod arrives at Sky as well, perhaps ?

    • 56
      ITV producer says:

      Join ITV

      The only honest joint in town nowadays

      the other are likely to get done for nefarious behaviour, exppenses etc

  24. 59
    Empty Ed and his mighty warriors says:

    Anyone keeping a tally on postal voyes ?

    In Tower Hamlets and other Autonomous Republics ?

    • 60
      Leader of Labour Lambeth Commune says:

      People’s Republics please

      We still regret that Wall coming down…

  25. 61
    ToonBob.... says:

    What a silly bunt !

  26. 63
    A Randy Tory says:

    Hello Guido

    I need some Totty on this blog before I switch to the Daily Star…

    It’s wall to wall with them you know

    Or do you leave it all to them nowadays ?

  27. 70
    Winston says:

    So the state is about to produce sobriety orders and tag those whom it believes are drinking too much. It sounds good at first but what right has the state to monitor your alcohol intake and limit it?

  28. 83
    nellnewman says:

    Let’s see. Ken

    has money in his accounts that came from Ir an

    employs bodyguards that would put mugabe’s to shame

    hob nobs with a mayor of TH where postal vote fraud is the biggest in UK

    attacks folks using tax avoidance but does it on grandscale himself

    was subject to questions about fraud from public purse when last in office (lee whatsisname)

    • 84
      nellnewman says:

      Would you vote for him?

      • 93
        Universal Hiss says:

        Thank fuck I don’t live there.Shudders.

      • 95
        Anwar al-Buma says:

        Would I vote for him? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

  29. 85
    The Lesson unto Noo (Confused) ConservATory is taken from Dave, Chapter 94. says:

    1. And it came to pass in those days that Dave and his jobsworths, and his jobsworth’s jobsworths went unto a gleaming Chariot: And the chariot had wings like unto a bird, and a tail like unto a fish. And all marvelled.

    2. And Dave and his jobsworths, and his jobsworth’s jobsworths ascended up unto a vast hill that stood by the gleaming chariot, even unto the top: And the hill had steps like unto a stair.

    3. And Dave and his host entered into the chariot. And there was a mighty roar, yeah, like unto a mighty army. And the chariot ascended unto the skies, yeah even unto the clouds and disappeared. And the people marvelled, saying one unto another, there goeth Dave and his footprint even which is carbon.

    4. And Dave appeared in a strange land. And came hard by a great White House: And the master thereof meeteth Dave and saith unto him Yo Dave, and thou shalt call me O’Basket.

    5. And O’Basket lifteth up his voice and said unto Dave: This night shall we feast and make merry. Yeah even upon Curry Goat. And Dave answered and said, I know it not. And O’Barmy spake further, saying, and that which I shall name Condoleezza, for there is in thine land a scribe that will not suffer any man to name that which is Condy. Neither will thy scribe suffer the word to be written for that which goeth with Condy, yeah even the fruit of the pod that is green, but that thou callest mushy in thy land. And Dave answered and said, I know it not.

  30. 94
    Reuters correspondent says:

    Even a majority of I s r a e l i s don’t want to ,attack Iran without the US…

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/iran-blog/2012/mar/01/israel-iran-action

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    My comment is awaiting moderation says:

    We the undersigned demand a public inquiry into the BBC’s propagandising of the threat of Anthropological Global Warming.


    http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/30388/

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  32. 102
    polarii says:

    Ken campaigning on a Routemaster? O the Irani!

  33. 107
    Tom says:

    Ken’s use of that image without proper attribution to its Wikipedia source is also an infringement of the Creative Commons copyright licence it’s released under.

    So Ken’s campaign is guilty of copyright infringement.

  34. 108

    Just asking but what happens if you refuse to give the police a DNA swab?

    • 109

      No problem at all. They simply take a swab from their own knuckles.

    • 110

      Good question but I suspect the right to silence has been overtaken by the force to provide DNA by compulsion.

      • 112
        Anonymous says:

        Where parliament went wrong was to not insist that anti terror laws could not be applied to non terrorist cases.

        On consideration, where parliament went wrong was to even pass anti terror laws when terrorism was already illegal anyway. All they did was provide lawyers with second homes.

        • 121
          jgm2 says:

          Exactly. What new legislation did we need? The fuckers even made it illegal to own a nuclear bomb. Whoop-de-fucking-do.

          Like there was no existing legislation that could be used. Possessing an offensive weapon perhaps?

    • 113
      ? says:

      Hang on. Didn’t Dave and Nick say that they would restore freedom to British Citizens in their rose garden speech?

  35. 115
    Ann o'Malley says:

    I wonder what this looks like ?????

  36. 116
    albacore says:

    Ain’t it funny about immigration?
    The very model of obfuscation
    After all that ruckus on cock-up and shame
    Now everyone’s happy and no-one’s to blame

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17398148

  37. 118

    Morning All.

    Happy St Patick’s Day.

  38. 119
    jgm2 says:

    OT

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17411117

    About fucking time. This was one of my (many) beefs about Fucking Scotland when I lived there. Bedwetters paid the same in post-apocalyptic Dunfermline as in leafy Surrey.

    Then they wonder why no private industry exists in Fucking Scotland. How is a factory going to compete by going to what should be a lower wage area when the council/local government have hired everybody on megabucks? The ‘genius’ way around this (as in the case of Lexmark) was to subsidise the ‘private sector’ jobs to the tune of several thousand pounds a year. As soon as the subsidies dried up – the factory shut down. Couldn’t afford to pay the workers at the same rate you see.

    Economic madness. Paying bedwetters, boxtickers and bastards in Fucking Fife at the same rate as the affluent South East. Artificially fucking the local economy so that you can then pay even more subsidies to fuck it some more.

    Utter fucking insanity.

    Meanwhile they can’t pay folk enough money to be doctors in Stornoway. No c*unt wants to live there. No doctor anyway.

  39. 125
    Mary Jackson says:

    Faked Potemkin villages might have fooled Russian empresses in 1787 but nobody in 2012 is going to be fooled by a digitally faked Potem-Ken bus.

    You do know that the eaSILLY fooled Empress of Tuscany is a guardian columnist?

  40. 127
    dai says:

    Love it laughed like a drain

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    Ratlines says:

    Ken’s campaign – as embarrassing as your grandad dancing to Eminem wearing a shell suit, gold chain and baseball cap at a jaunty angle.

  44. 135
    eileen1958 says:

    My eyesight’s been affected by the hologram :

    Does it say ” Better of with Chick – Ken ” ??

  45. 137
    Kevin T says:

    [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/70dwl4.jpg[/IMG]


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