Tue 26 Jan 2010
Is it true that No.10 cut back on the drink driving adds because of NFR? Is Gordon Brown finally listening?
Posted by Helen Evans under NHS Failure
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Yesterday I was told something very strange. If it is true, then it is quite a coup. But so far, I simply don’t know.
Did you happen to notice that this Christmas there were fewer government drink driving adds on the television? I don’t always watch a lot of TV and I honestly don’t know about this. But, apparently, having written this and this I am advised that the government decided to do less preaching this Christmas.
Was it NFR? Was it that there is an election coming up and politicians don’t want to appear to be too nanny-ish? Were there really fewer drink driving adds on the box? I simply don’t know. You tell me. Is this true?
Did the government decide how many drink-driving ads to air based on the opinions of an obscure far-right astroturf group?
Answers on a postcard marked, “No”.
I have no idea about No.10 or that idiot Brown. But I can confirm there were bugger all drink driving advertisements on the telly this past Christmas. I thought it strange at the time.
Because you are in with Cameron but your statistics have propaganda value with idiot bloggers it is possible I suppose that the government was afraid of falling into your trap. Disgusting really, given the people who die.
Personally, I am sick of all the public health propaganda. No one believes any of the politicians now, even when they are occasionally right about something. And that is dangerous.
MMR, flu pandemic, don’t drink, do drink red wine for your heart, don’t have sex because of aids, do give free condoms out to kids, bla, bla, bla. No wonder people think the DoH are a bunch of loons and the public don’t listen to our so called representatives. When will they learn, less is more?