Florence  

In the UK, no political party is allowed to advertise on television. It is prohibited. Not even during an election cycle.

Instead, each party gets a Party Political Broadcast (PPB) which is 5 mins long, usually shown just before the evening news (allowing everyone to turn off!) Each party gets a specific number of PPBs.

America could really learn from this.



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Achernar  

@Florence Most PPBs I have watched are advertisements!

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Florence
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@Achernar Of course but they are strictly limited. Try living in the US you get thousands of them, all the time. There are spending caps in the UK. The PPBs are clearly labelled as that. And there aren't over many of them. No comparison at all.

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Achernar  

@Florence I can see where you are coming from. I was not trying to make any comparison - I have never lived in the US. I sometimes have my work cut out to avoid an overdose of politics in the UK. It is a relief to escape to Malaysia in winte.

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