cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/44012689

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/43972292

https://archive.ph/X7efJ

When men go to pee in a public toilet they spend a minute gazing at the wall in front of them, in what many advertisers have seized upon as an opportunity to display posters of their products above the stinking urinals.

But in terms of framing, you'd better ask yourself: Is this really what I want my brand to be associated with?

You might well think twice if you were selling ice cream or toothpaste, so what if your poster was Ursula von der Leyen's face selling EU values?

Because that's the kind of environment in which the European Commission president, other top EU officials, and national EU leaders are posting their images and comments every day when they use X to communicate with press and the EU public.

Even the toilet analogy is too kind.

UK Labour Party managers blocked the words "genocide" and "apartheid" in reference to Israel's conduct against Palestinians from being used in brochures at a side event during its annual conference in Liverpool.

The conference's start was marked by pro-Palestine protests as over 15,000 people marched through the city on Saturday to express their opposition to Britain selling arms to Israel amid its ongoing siege and bombardment of Gaza.

Labour MP Kim Johnson addressed the crowd but was heckled by some protesters who urged her to "get out of the Labour Party".

Meanwhile, another event due to be held on Monday entitled "A new era of defence" is being sponsored by Northrop Grumman, a company that supplies the Israeli military with weapons and missile systems reportedly used on Palestinian civilians.

Thanks to France we can finally put to bed the notion that people just need to vote harder.