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Labour publicity; a ‘unity of style’ a ‘general 27 Michael Middleton, Soldiers of Lead, an raising of the quality of the movement’s Introduction to Layout and Typography for Use printing’27 would help its fortunes. It was clear in the Labour Party. (London, 1948), p. 3. to the Party that while they couldn’t afford a design agency to produce a campaign, coupled with the suspicion by many people on the left of 28 Dominic Wring, The Politics of the party of the advertising industry;28 If you Marketing the Labour Party (Houndmills, employed the same nous and understanding Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York: of a unified message and aesthetic, those Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), p. 46. big design agencies brought, in their smaller more anonymous local offices and internal design departments they would be able to produce a campaign with a similar element of professionalism. There is an argument that the ‘DIY’ charm of the Labour produced posters gave them a personable edge in the design war against the more slick, polished and maybe rather cold Conservative campaigns. 022 023
1950 1950
Democracy in Print
Unknown Unknown
Work for all... thanks to Labour Healthy thanks to Labour
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