MPs’ frustrations grow as new evidence in America reopens the issue of Kremlin influence.
Vote Leave’s dark ads shame: UK steel set to suffer from EU’s tariff-free agreement with US
04/01/2022
Unite's national officer for steel said the government needed to explain why the EU had a deal but the UK did not.
The official Vote Leave campaign spent more than £2.7m on targeting ads at specific groups of people on Facebook - helping it to win the 2016 EU referendum.
Twitter is to ban all political advertising on its site claiming the influence of such a message should be "earned, not bought".
HuffPost UK has learned that ministers authorised more than 20 adverts, paid for with taxpayers’ cash, to go live on Tuesday, the same day Boris Johnson got MPs to back a snap general election.
Tory Daniel Hannan says NHS is for fools
28/01/2012
Top Tory Daniel Hannan has again rubbished the NHS, suggesting no sane person would support it.
Sean Topham and Ben Guerin have worked on campaigns for Australia’s rightwing coalition and Glencore mining firm.
The Guerrilla Anti-Brexit Campaign Trolling Politicians With Their Own Words Is 'Going Legit'
21/01/2019
The mysterious anti-Brexit guerrilla campaign plastering the UK’s billboards with awkward quotes from politicians is “going legitimate” after smashing its crowdfunding target.
Despite an agreement by all groups to suspend campaigning in the aftermath of Jo Cox’s death, Arron Banks instructed the social media team at Leave.EU to “boost” an existing sponsored Facebook ad.
The commercial departments of Brexit-supporting newspapers know the damage being caused to the UK economy, and newspaper advertising revenues, by Brexit. Their editorial colleagues continue to support it anyway.
The government has ordered mugs and t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan. / The government will urge the public to "Get ready" for a no-deal Brexit through a £100m advertising push to begin next week.
Britain’s Future has spent £88,000 on pro-Brexit ads despite Facebook transparency promises.
The single biggest known British political advertiser on Facebook is a mysterious pro-Brexit campaign group pushing for a no-deal exit from the EU. The revelation about Britain’s Future, which has never disclosed the source of its funding or organisational structure, has raised concerns about the influence of “dark money” in British politics.
Get Ready for Brexit ads a waste of money as 31 October no-deal EU exit now unlikely, say critics.
MI5 had evidence that Arron Banks ‘ordered surveillance’ of information commissioner, MP claims in Commons
22/01/2022
Labour MP alleges Elizabeth Denham was warned by counter-terrorism officers and that ‘her office had to be swept’.
Is a big British version of GDPR likely to balance the demands of consumers, advertisers and media owners alike? We ask marketers what they think of the UK’s planned divergence.
Williams is pushed to expand how Brexit has impacted business. “That is definitely having an effect on advertising spend, because of the UK economy,” he replies.
The Mail’s chief revenue officer has said Brexit was bad for advertising – even though the brand has been one of the most vociferous backers of quitting the EU.
A UK Government “propaganda” blitz is attempting to “gloss over” the “mayhem and disruption” caused by Brexit, it has been claimed.
Armed with ladders, roller brushes and a treasure trove of damning statements by our leaders, we slapped up their biggest lies onto posters around the country. But this guerrilla operation has its limitations.
The UK’s Electoral Commission has published the results of a near nine-month-long investigation into Brexit referendum spending and has found that the official Vote Leave campaign broke the law by breaching election campaign spending limits.
Investigation follows revelations of Lynton Crosby firm running ad campaign calling voters to lobby MPs.
How Much Has Brexit Actually Cost The UK?
31/01/2020
We looked at breakdowns by analysts and the government on the money spent so far, and the estimates on what is still to come.