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		<title>The world&#8217;s most effective campaign?</title>
		<link>http://blog.provokateur.com/2010/09/08/the-worlds-most-effective-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anjem Choudary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burn a Koran Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dove World Outreach Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evil Campaigning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam4UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pastor Terry Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wootton Bassett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now let's get one thing straight - Pastor Terry Jones (pictured above) is a dangerous nutbag and his Burn a Koran Day is hateful, idiotic and ill-directed at every level. But, wow!, there's a kind of evil campaign genius at work here.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>His Dove World Outreach Centre, with its measly membership of 15 people, now has hundreds of thousands of people viewing its videos on You Tube.</p>
<p>His book, Islam is of the Devil, is the number one search suggestion on Amazon.com when you type in the word Islam, and is the 13th best selling book on the subject of Islam. (Just think about that for a second&#8230; 13th!!!)</p>
<p>And his ridiculous mug is on the front cover of newspapers and websites across the world.</p>
<p>No wonder he&#8217;s not backing down from Burn a Koran Day &#8211; he&#8217;s getting some pretty good business out of it!</p>
<p>As an ethical communications agency, Provokateur obviously finds the whole thing both troubling and fascinating. It&#8217;s an *evil* campaign &#8211; but it&#8217;s getting results! (If by &#8220;results&#8221; you mean sowing hatred and rage across the world&#8230;). It might seem cynical and crass to say it, but evil seems to be quite a good campaign strategy these days.</p>
<p>Remember when  Anjem Choudary, leader of Islam4UK, told the world that he was planning to parade down the streets of Wootton Bassett with 500 supporters carrying empty coffins? Islam4UK probably had the same number of supporters as the Dove World Outreach Centre, but all of a sudden Choudary was on Newsnight, Islam4UK was on the frontpage of every newspaper and his message of hate was being broadcast across the world. And Choudary all but admitted that the whole parade was more a rhetorical boast than an actual plan.</p>
<p>But it worked. The man &#8211; and his message &#8211; was bloody everywhere. He won. He got just what he was after. Just as Pastor Terry Jones is no doubt smirking to himself at the end of every CNN interview.</p>
<p>Evil campaigning? Hmmm&#8230; maybe there&#8217;s something in it.</p>
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		<title>Holy Unlikely Outcome Batman!</title>
		<link>http://blog.provokateur.com/2010/05/13/holy-unlikely-outcome-batman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 10:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>provokateur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not since Batman and Robin have yellow and blue been the focus of so much attention. As we prepare ourselves for the coalition government of Messrs. Cameron and Clegg, it seems only right that we give this unlikely dynamic duo a chance to prove that they really can work together to make things better for us all. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The newly formed government will face many challenges straight away and the consequences of failure could be quite high, but already the pair have announced some policies that are not likely to have passed the lips of a Tory prime minister: a promise to create and maintain a register of political lobbyists and the mention of a tax on planes.  This seems to indicate that the pair are co-operating on policy issues, so watch this space.</p>
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		<title>Bully for you</title>
		<link>http://blog.provokateur.com/2007/03/02/bully-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.provokateur.com/2007/03/02/bully-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>provokateur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arrogance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boris Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bullingdon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bullingdon Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Future Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God Save Us!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oh deary me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One of the People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posh Tories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[This could be our next Prime Minister]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The now legendary photo of David Cameron, future leader of this country, in his Bullingdon Club days. If you want to know what Dave's about, it's all here for the taking. ]]></description>
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<p>So, there&#8217;s been this photo kicking around of David Cameron posing like a tosser with his chums at Oxford&#8217;s Bullingdon Club &#8211; an elite drinking society where toffs dress up in fancy clothes and carouse around town laughing at poor people and drinking champers.</p>
<p>David would prefer it if this photo just kind of disappeared since looking like a toff is not part of his PR strategy. We at Provokateur would prefer to make sure this photo *never* goes away. So we&#8217;re posting it here.</p>
<p>If you listen closely, you can just about hear their braying &#8216;haw haws&#8217;.</p>
<p>Be afraid! One of these men could be the next Prime Minister. God help us.</p>
<p>Oh, and if are interested, here&#8217;s the names of this bunch of splendid chinless wonders.</p>
<p>1) Sebastian Grigg</p>
<p>2) David Cameron</p>
<p>3) Ralph Perry Robinson</p>
<p>4) Ewen Fergusson</p>
<p>5) Matthew Benson</p>
<p>6) Sebastian James</p>
<p>7) Jonathan Ford</p>
<p> <img src='http://blog.provokateur.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> Boris Johnson</p>
<p>9) Harry Eastwood</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t see any of this lot wanting to &#8216;hug a hoodie&#8217;.</p>
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