They just got a different tool to use than we do: They kill innocent lives to achieve objectives. That's what they do. And they're good. They get on the TV screens and they get people to ask questions about, well, you know, this, that or the other. I mean, they're able to kind of say to people: Don't come and bother us, because we will kill you. Bush - Joint News Conference with Blair - 28 July '06

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Ministry of Truth costs rocket under Neo-Labour

thisislondon.com

The price of Government spin has trebled since Labour came to power, costing taxpayers more than 300 million pounds a year.

Recently released figures show that Whitehall employs an army of more than 3,200 press officers to promote ministers and their quangos.

The increase sharply illustrates the determination of Labour's drive to get its message across - and deploy publicly-funded resources to serve its cause.

[...] The revelation will provide further ammunition for critics who say Labour has turned an impartial information service into a political propaganda machine. Read more

db: It's important that the Party has all necessary means at its disposal to 'get the message across' - "War is Peace," "Islamism=Fascism", "Blair is not a Bush- poodle- neoconservative- bitch"