Top Political Posters In British Politics (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post UK  |  By Posted: 2/05/2012 11:26 Updated: 2/05/2012 11:26

As the local elections draw near, the parties have been upping the efforts on the campaign trail.

A major part of campaigning has always been the publicity battle, with the parties rolling out posters across the country to hammer home their message.

Ken Livingstone this week launched a new poster comparing the Tories to aliens. With such creativity on show, we thought it worth looking back at recent highlights in the parties' publicity efforts.

Tories 'are on a different planet'
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As the local elections draw near, the parties have been upping the efforts on the campaign trail. A major part of campaigning has always been the publicity battle, with the parties rolling out pos...
As the local elections draw near, the parties have been upping the efforts on the campaign trail. A major part of campaigning has always been the publicity battle, with the parties rolling out pos...
 
 
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11:14 PM on 05/16/2012
A great selection of posters. What about some of the classic old ones though? Here is a great example: http://goo.gl/9gPwP topical too.
Loads more great ones there.
07:20 PM on 05/02/2012
I hope they got permission from Paramount studios before they used the Star Trek alien images.
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casual agent
Advocate for social justice
01:21 AM on 05/03/2012
Nothing to do with Star Trek'.....They're just slimey slugs'...Better get the pellets out.
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mrs w waugh
Hail Caesar We Who Are About To Die Salute You
01:35 PM on 07/07/2012
casual there was a race,in Star Trek who looked like that....Oh and they were baddies too!...........................
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casual agent
Advocate for social justice
05:33 PM on 05/02/2012
Come on Ken'...
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mrs w waugh
Hail Caesar We Who Are About To Die Salute You
01:38 PM on 07/07/2012
They were Andorrians.........................
05:32 PM on 05/02/2012
The Planet Incompetent Clown?
04:04 PM on 05/02/2012
The poster depicts the Bully Boys as true blue and says they are Aliens.
I have always been led to believe that Aliens as green in .
But, then I was wrong about "Tarzan the Ape man" he turned out to be just a Hollywood actor
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mrs w waugh
Hail Caesar We Who Are About To Die Salute You
01:36 PM on 07/07/2012
You must have been very disallusioned...............................
04:02 PM on 05/02/2012
Maybe they have arrived from the planet FIG TREE.
02:15 PM on 05/02/2012
Boris Johnson as an Andorrian!

Love it!

Shran would welcome him in the Imperial Guard!
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casual agent
Advocate for social justice
01:18 AM on 05/03/2012
Boris' is a lying T****r'..If everyone wants shut of him?'....Vote for Ken'
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mrs w waugh
Hail Caesar We Who Are About To Die Salute You
01:36 PM on 07/07/2012
Thats the name,thank you........................