“We’re standing up for Britain” or “We’re all in this together” – ways to explain the EU budget
A tweet by Emma Burnell pointed me towards this blog post by Tracy Hill about UKIP, and the threat they pose to Labour. You can read the whole blog post…
Tag Archives: George Lakoff
If you’re British and care about UK-EU relations, then you’re either in a state of permanent delusion or permanent depression
Two grandees of UK politics were at it again today. Peter Mandelson, while at least acknowledging an in-out referendum for the UK, was nevertheless pompous and deluded in the FT:…
There’s not a hope the next election in the UK will be about policy – it’s deluded to even argue that it could be
Labour grandee Paul Richards has penned a tremendously misjudged piece on LabourList, so much so I think it deserves to analysed a bit. This is especially vital because the main…
The hard working family (that framing nugget on budget day)
It’s budget day in the UK today. Others are far more qualified than I am to discuss the ins and outs of what George Osborne announced. I will instead –…
The European Union and truth
Apologies if this is stating the obvious to too many of my readers, but there is no truth about the European Union. The words sound simple enough. But what do…
‘Now is not the time to put the environment in the back seat’ – some framing lessons for Janez Potočnik
Yet more EU politics reflections via Twitter today – I saw this from Janez Potočnik, Environment Commissioner: [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/JanezPotocnikEU/status/55991013877096448"] The link leads through to a speech he gave in Athens today…
The marketing sense of an elephant – Commission Representation to Belgium
One of my favourite political books – mentioned on this blog before – is Don’t Think of an Elephant by George Lakoff. The idea behind the title is to show…
Framing the debate: Future of the BBC
There’s something deeply wrong with the ‘debate’ currently going on about the future of the BBC, and I think it boils down to the essential question: what is the value…
