Cameron Girls: Video for Clegg and Brown too?
Now here's the election story they've all been trying to get - an interview with a star of . Yes, it's Saskia from the Cameron Girls.
The video went up on YouTube on Friday and has already garnered more than 10,000 views. But not everyone has been impressed - some unkind souls have suggested the whole thing is a wicked plot by Labour or the Lib Dems.
Now Saskia Blakes, one of the two Cameron Girls, has told me the full story. No, it's not a Labour nor a Lib Dem ploy, nor is it approved by Conservative HQ.
"It's just a bit of fun," she told me, "a joke amongst friends.I've been bowled over by how many people think it's serious." She explained that she and her friends had been dismayed by the level of apathy around the election and by the aggression of the party campaigners. "I wanted to do something entirely positive."
While Saskia is a Tory, she said the team behind the video came from across the political spectrum. "If we'd had the time and money we'd have done them for Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown." She said.
Cameron Girls had been filmed in a day, and the whole thing had been put together for around £200.
So I asked her whether she would now make a Clegg Girls or Brown Girls video: "If they want to finance it, absolutely," she laughed. "That's what we're about fairness and positivity."
There you go, Labour and Lib Dem spinmeisters - I think I've arranged your next party election broadcasts at a knock-down price. You know where to send my fee...
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Comment number 1.
At 19th Apr 2010, dennisjunior1 wrote:Rory:
Thanks, for bringing up the great story about the Cameron Girls (and) maybe about getting videos for Leaders Brown and Clegg also....
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At 19th Apr 2010, BluesBerry wrote:The video was not approved vy Conservative HQ. If I were David Cameron, I would’ve been very upset about the Cameron Girls. I was not asked for my approval; I had no chance to preview the content.
However, I guess if David Cameron is not upset, I shouldn’t be either…but why isn’t David Cameron upset?
Has no one told him yet? Doesn’t he care? Does he in retrospect approve of the content.
Maybe I should go singing for him on public video; just the cacaphony would get him riled.
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At 19th Apr 2010, dingolingo wrote:Thanks Rory. I loved the Cameron Girls. A real spoof. Dave wouldn't mind: he has a sense of humour. More please for Gordy and Nicky!
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At 20th Apr 2010, marek chodnik wrote:And this has precisely what to do with technology?
Hey guys, someone's uploaded a video to Youtube! And people are watching it!
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At 20th Apr 2010, Mike K wrote:His sense of humour must be close to one of despair. Tory girls trying to do a take on 'Yes we can' is a bit sad. We are middle class and doing a little 'street'! Surely they should look once more and delete it.
One vote winner would be if these private educated candidates would arrange for all these pubicly subsidised private school classes to be videod and made available online so we can all 'catch up' and re-skill.
Perhaps we are hoping for some Obama moment, and none of our three leaders are capable of either thinking big enough or believeing it. At least none of them are pretending to do so.
Europe (avoided), Trident (cutting), Afganistan, and Britain international competitiveness, current and future, ought to be the defining issue. Cutting budgets is common to all.
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Comment number 6.
At 20th Apr 2010, Paul wrote:Gordon Brown only wants Prudence, well he’s always talking about her!
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At 21st Apr 2010, Vagabond wrote:This is a crass, obvious and vain attempt to COPY the "Obama Girl" video that happened in 2008 Presidential campaign.
Anyone with half a brain cell can see Cameron has been ripping off "broken washington" and "change the status quo" rhetoric. This is just a sad extension of that.
It's also painfully obvious that the Tories have commissioned this and are hoping (presuming?) nobody watched the media circus in the US general election.
Obama girl was WAY fitter, too and I mean, like, GENUINELY hot - so no wonder these "pretty" lot have felt the need to pair up. :)
Truly depressing - in every way imaginable.
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At 22nd Apr 2010, SEB Collective wrote:Politics does not have to be grey and 1 dimensional and this BRIGHT CHEERFUL/FUN video puts some colour in the cheeks for the up and coming general election.
Perhaps Harry Hill will put one together for Gordon Brown and the Cheeky Girls for Nick Clegg
THE CAMERON GIRLS you have my VOTE!!!
SEB Collective
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At 4th May 2010, George Lewkowicz wrote:Isn't this just proof that girls aren't funny? An unofficial Lib-Dem one is at least far more amusing:
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At 4th Feb 2011, phkk wrote:Although it isn’t possible to say exactly how much of this was attributable to Facebook, there is no doubt that the launch of the application and the surrounding media activity had a significant impact in raising voter awareness of the looming deadline and encouraging unregistered voters to sign up All of these are people who may not otherwise have been able to exercise their democratic rights, and we think it’s great that we have been able to support the Electoral Commission in reaching them.
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