But an Electoral Commission spokeswoman said it was within the rules
of election leaflets because it included the name and address of the UKIP candidate and promoter.
Not exact matches
The 2008 local
elections and the 2009 European
elections followed in due course; by 2010 the machine was well - oiled enough that in the final week before polling day it was a case
of getting rid
of surplus
leaflets rather than rushing to target specific areas.
And the
election, and likely re-
election,
of Corbyn is very much part
of that phenomenon: from reports, few
of the enormous number
of new Labour members and supporters are keen to become in the hard tasks
of attending planning meetings or delivering
leaflets.
Presently only the costs
of election - directed materials and activities such as
leaflets and advertisements are regulated.
It is not an issue that's grabbed the passions
of the British people in any way... If you wrote an
election leaflet that read «We want a written constitution for the United Kingdom», you would probably get nil votes... I doubt if anyone would regard that as among their thirty top issues.
And while the largest expenditure category in many campaigns is on TV advertising, there are also posters, billboards, lawn signs,
leaflets, buttons and all kinds
of other material that still flowers bountifully in the USA, especially in the late stages
of close
elections.
Max Mosley has been accused
of involvement in a by -
election leaflet linking non-white immigrants with diseases such as TB.
On my desk, I have five pieces
of election literature which have been delivered by the local Labour campaign over the last week or so, six Lib Dem
leaflets, one
leaflet from an independent candidate... and nothing whatsoever from the local Conservatives.
Burnham was criticised during the 2010
election campaign after
leaflets were sent to 250,000 women — some
of whom turned out to be cancer patients — featuring a message from a breast cancer survivor who praised Labour's health policy.
'' @BuzzFeedUKPol: The greatest UKIP
leaflet of the 2015
election.
For all the focus on leaders» debates, policy pledges and the inevitable gaffes in the final weeks, ultimately the outcome
of the
election will be decided by which party manages to motivate its supporters to knock on doors and deliver
leaflets in the gruelling weeks ahead.
Huge fan
of this Ukip
election leaflet's stream
of consciousness style political rhetoric.
We at JLM are proud to oppose the actions
of the Israeli government but do you know that every time comrades in this room and around the party seek to delegitimise us as a voice in this party the impact that it has back in Israel is to provide fodder for the Israeli right and
election leaflets from Netanyahu telling them that Europe is riddled with antisemitism where even left wing Jewish movements have no space to operate?»
I note that @CoxGraham's
election leaflet has NO mention
of the fact he's a Conservative.
While political parties have become increasingly sophisticated organisations with a cadre
of professional policy wonks, media managers and spin doctors, when it comes to fighting
elections they remain heavily dependent on a large number
of volunteers to knock on doors, deliver
leaflets and make phone calls.
Having lost her seat in 2010, she was a by -
election candidate for the same ward in May 2012 where it was reported that she was the victim
of false
leaflets produced in her name.
During the
election, the Liberal Democrats accused Labour
of underhand tactics for distributing this
leaflet.
A
leaflet produced by the Liberal party towards the end
of the campaign branded the
election a «straight choice» between Labour and the Liberals.
Tory MP Edward Leigh brandished a 2010 Liberal Democrat
election leaflet featuring Clegg promising a referendum to the Commons and asked if the photo
of the deputy prime minister was
of «an imposter or a hypocrite».
As we enter the fnal weekend before the Oldham East and Saddleworth by -
election, the Conservative campaign enters a new phase, with a new swathe
of leaflets turning the fire onto Labour.
Throughout the last
election, the Labour Party put out numerous
leaflets which were designed to scare the wits out
of pensioners, mothers and cancer sufferers.
What anybody does as a young adult will always be relevant to who they are in later life if it is as awful and repugnant as being the legal publisher
of a
leaflet supporting a candidate for his father Sir Oswald Mosley's Union Movement in a 1961 by -
election.
The Electoral Commission said that as with most
elections, most
of the money — in this case 62 % or # 1.3 m — was spent on «unsolicited materials» such as
leaflets.
The mountains
of leaflets, the WhatsApp groups, the
election night panic... Harriet Harman, Tracy Brabin and David Lammy on what the play gets right — and wrong
And Labour have accused the Liberal Democrats
of helping the BNP to victory by pandering to racism in
election leaflets they distributed round the Isle
of Dogs ward.
When she stood at the last general
election, one
of her campaign
leaflets contained distinctly ugly messages about the Labour government's repeal
of section 28 (the infamous Tory legislation outlawing the «promotion»
of homosexuality in schools), and the lowering
of the gay age
of consent.
Detectives are already investigating 16 claims involving postal votes and
election leaflets ahead
of Thursday's re-run
election.
The reforms will ensure that the true value
of activities such as
leaflet - printing is reflected when judging whether parties have breached the # 19m cap on campaign spending in the year before a general
election, said No 10.
Earlier this month an
election leaflet outlining «10 reasons to vote Conservative» made no mention
of the environment, which Mr Cameron once pledged to make a Tory priority
Johanna's
election leaflet didn't reveal too much about where she stands on controversial issues
of the day but she's a welcome replacement none the less.
Undated handout photo
of a general
election leaflet for former immigration minister Phil Woolas
Robert Halfon, the new chair
of the education select committee, campaigned in the corridors
of Parliament for the position using
leaflets and badges as if he were in a school
election for class representative.