Election/Referendum Posters

Try_harder

Can we now ban those awful things?

Eyesores that blight the landscape- no proper regulation of them and cable ties just abandoned.

Omackeral

Try_harder wrote: »

Can we now ban those awful things?

We should put it to a referendum, complete with YES and NO posters.

Jimmy Dags

Won’t anyone think of the environmental impact it’s having. Costing an average of 24 million.

What Username Guidelines

I dunno, I was undecided for quite a while and ****load of awful looking posters swayed me in the end.

Try_harder

Jimmy Dags wrote: »

Won’t anyone think of the environmental impact it’s having. Costing an average of 24 million.

They have to be very environmentally unsound. Especially those cable ties.

pleas advice

You've convinced me, I'm definitely voting no now

loobylou

The cable ties ought to be colour coded so we know afterwards which party/grouping put them up. Then fines if they fail to take them down.

jam_mac_jam

Yes they look dreadful and I can't imagine people being that influenced by them.

TheValeyard

Happily ban all election posters.

That vote would be bigger than the yes vote today

minikin

In the printing industry - but would happily see these (and all) corriboard plastic signs banned immediately. Awful for the environment and a lot of them are printed using solvent based inks (even the ‘eco-solvent’ ink is a disaster)

And they don’t exactly add to society in any way, do they?

henryporter

loobylou wrote: »

The cable ties ought to be colour coded so we know afterwards which party/grouping put them up. Then fines if they fail to take them down.

I think they have small print on them to say who's responsible for erecting and subsequently removing them.

Totally agree with the OP though - no need for them in this day and age with the twitter machine and farcebook on the go.

Capt'n Midnight

loobylou wrote: »

The cable ties ought to be colour coded so we know afterwards which party/grouping put them up. Then fines if they fail to take them down.

All posters must have details on them and parties have 7 days to remove them or face fines.


not sure what the legalities on removing them are if you wanted to cut out lots of YES or NO for whatever comes up next, or use them to insulate a shed or make tubes to protect tree saplings


BTW if you have a sharp knife you can push back the toggle and reuse the cable tie, or if you don't have the knack just cut them so you can use them for shorter things.

Beasty

Maybe the no voters could take the yes posters and vice versa - that means they should each be well stocked for the next time this is subject to a referendum:)

I personally think they are a complete waste of money. How many people do they really swing? it must be a very small proportion. People tend to vote along their party lines or already have a pretty good idea based on media coverage and discussions amongst friends (and perhaps sites like this). Those posters for all elections and referendums are simply blots on the landscape. It seems to be a battle of who can get the most posters up

The more I see of gimmicks like that (and I once saw a former minister land at a school with his hands full of sweeties to hand out to the kids, who duly swarmed around him - reminded me of the kiddie catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), the more I am put off the politician in question

Capt'n Midnight

henryporter wrote: »

I think they have small print on them to say who's responsible for erecting and subsequently removing them.

Totally agree with the OP though - no need for them in this day and age with the twitter machine and farcebook on the go.

Unless you've been living under a rock, and since you are internetting and aware of twittter and facefriend, you'd know about the disinformation and targeted paid for ads on them. So no.

Also not everyone has internets. They are a necessary evil. Just be thankful its not the bad old days when TD's tried to keep their ugly mugs in public view for as long as possible.

RobertKK

I think they should be banned, we are in the tourist season and the country has been blighted for weeks by referendum posters, which is not what people want in their holiday snaps.

seligehgit

Ban them.

Grayson

It depends. Would be have to have US style adverts instead? Because that would be hell.

freshpopcorn

I have no issue with election/referendum posters once they use a local printer to get them made!

RobertKK

Grayson wrote: »

It depends. Would be have to have US style adverts instead? Because that would be hell.

We do get literature in the post so that should be enough, and then TV debates, radio debates, newspapers, internet debates and advertising.
It would be easy to add posters to TV advertising ban.

reubenreuben

Are they recyclable?

They don't look it, bad for the environment and the mind(no posters only)

RobbingBandit

Should have the name of person that put them up they should be responsible for removing them, disgusting lies on the most recent ones with no details of what organisations had them put up in the first place.

I believe politicians are fined if theirs are not removed by a certain point post election same should be the case for yes no probably bs ones that can be put up for referendums.

ArmaniJeanss

RobbingBandit wrote: »

I believe politicians are fined if theirs are not removed by a certain point post election same should be the case for yes no probably bs ones that can be put up for referendums.

Theres no-one to fine as most of the organisations don't really exist. Loveboats and SaveThe8th are I think the 12th iteration of what began as SPUC in the 70s, whilst ROSA and TFY are just flags of convenience also. They'll all be shut down by the weekend, ready to rise under a new name for the next battle.

It's easier to fine a politician who has his picture on a poster, or a long term political party.

stimpson

Beasty wrote: »

How many people do they really swing?

They swung me. The first posters I saw were No posters complete with graphic Foetus hung up around my kids school. None anywhere else on the road, just at the school. I made my mind up there and then.

sdanseo

The messages on some of these things have been terrible over the years. Not always based in fact and remember, everyone sees them, even kids who can't yet form their own opinions or express them by voting.

Not to mention the litter and the little turf wars that spring up when a few get torn down or set on fire while still hanging.

Would be glad to see the back of them. All they do is reinforce divisive and damaging politics.

Capt'n Midnight

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I have no issue with election/referendum posters once they use a local printer to get them made!

Sinn Fein got bad press over that one a while back.