{"id":618,"date":"2006-04-04T20:20:56","date_gmt":"2006-04-04T19:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/"},"modified":"2006-04-04T20:20:56","modified_gmt":"2006-04-04T19:20:56","slug":"mr-gun-meet-mr-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Gun, meet Mr Foot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once again, quite unnecessary embarrassment has been caused for the LibDems by dubious campaign advice<\/a>, this time suggesting rounding up children on council estates and getting them to deliver election leaflets.<\/p>\n

Anyone with a bit of political nous could surely spot that that was asking to be picked up and made into a “Pied Piper” story. But despite what’s implied in the BBC story, this isn’t a centrally-produced party guide – it’s published by the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors, and therefore no more a Cowley Street publication than an LDYS drugs campaign flyer. Nonetheless, it has the capacity to look bad by association and the party should distance itself from it.<\/p>\n

The biggest crime in this case is that it’s actually an appalling piece of advice. Rounding up strangers on an estate and trusting them to deliver your carefully written, neatly printed and fastidiously bundled leaflets is lunacy.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> James notes<\/a> that this guide was published 12 years ago. So why not point that out rather than trying to defend it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once again, quite unnecessary embarrassment has been caused for the LibDems by dubious campaign advice, this time suggesting rounding up children on council estates and getting them to deliver election leaflets. Anyone with a bit of political nous could surely spot that that was asking to be picked up and made into a “Pied Piper” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[416,139],"class_list":["post-618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-aldc","tag-liberal-democrats"],"yoast_head":"\nMr Gun, meet Mr Foot - No geek is an island<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mr Gun, meet Mr Foot - No geek is an island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Once again, quite unnecessary embarrassment has been caused for the LibDems by dubious campaign advice, this time suggesting rounding up children on council estates and getting them to deliver election leaflets. Anyone with a bit of political nous could surely spot that that was asking to be picked up and made into a “Pied Piper” […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"No geek is an island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-04-04T19:20:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Will\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Will\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Will\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\"},\"headline\":\"Mr Gun, meet Mr Foot\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-04-04T19:20:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"commentCount\":8,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\"},\"keywords\":[\"aldc\",\"Liberal Democrats\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/\",\"name\":\"Mr Gun, meet Mr Foot - No geek is an island\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-04-04T19:20:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mr Gun, meet Mr Foot\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"No geek is an island\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\",\"name\":\"Will\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Will\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mr Gun, meet Mr Foot - No geek is an island","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mr Gun, meet Mr Foot - No geek is an island","og_description":"Once again, quite unnecessary embarrassment has been caused for the LibDems by dubious campaign advice, this time suggesting rounding up children on council estates and getting them to deliver election leaflets. Anyone with a bit of political nous could surely spot that that was asking to be picked up and made into a “Pied Piper” […]","og_url":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/","og_site_name":"No geek is an island","article_published_time":"2006-04-04T19:20:56+00:00","author":"Will","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Will","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/"},"author":{"name":"Will","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300"},"headline":"Mr Gun, meet Mr Foot","datePublished":"2006-04-04T19:20:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/"},"wordCount":176,"commentCount":8,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300"},"keywords":["aldc","Liberal Democrats"],"articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/","url":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/","name":"Mr Gun, meet Mr Foot - No geek is an island","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-04-04T19:20:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/04\/mr-gun-meet-mr-foot\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mr Gun, meet Mr Foot"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/","name":"No geek is an island","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300","name":"Will","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Will"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}