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Lib Dems hijack Winslet in touched-up advertisement
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Mar 08, 2009 10:42am |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Mar 08, 2009 10:00am |
| Description | Politics, as the saying goes, is show business for ugly people. So if you want to add a bit of glamour and beauty to your party, what's wrong with using a picture of Kate Winslet in your promotional material?
Quite a lot, it seems. The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, faced embarrassment yesterday after it emerged that his party used a photo of the Oscar-winning actress for an advert in its conference brochure – without obtaining her permission.
A picture of her on the red carpet at the 2007 Golden Globes was doctored to make it look as though she was at the Lib Dem Council Awards at the party's conference in Harrogate on Friday evening.
The colour picture was used prominently on page two of the spring conference agenda, handed out to thousands of conference delegates, and is free to download from the party's website. With a reference to Ms Winslet's gushing speech at this year's Golden Globes ceremony, the advert read: "Winning can be emotional!"
The blunder is doubly embarrassing for the Lib Dem leader because he is friends with Ms Winslet's husband, the director Sam Mendes. |
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