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"
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"
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