Steelso V6.0

Poor logo, it just can’t get a break. Ofcom gets the promotional film on the Internet removed after 22 people suffer epileptic fits after watching it, the design agency responsible for it blame the Olympic committee for not promoting it properly and London’s Lord Mayor says that the agency shouldn’t be paid for it.

It’s a nightmare. And while I support the agency for supporting the work I don’t think it’s the best idea in the world to start giving the client a public kicking for not displaying it properly. Surely the committee and the agency and any PR firm involved would’ve got togethe to manage this? It just adds more fuel to an already fierce fire if the sniping starts.

When I saw the video of the branding I could see it working a bit better than the static logo. The Olympic editor at the BBC gives a good analysis of the madness so far.

steelso :: Jun.07.2007 :: Design, Politics, Thoughts :: 1 Comment »

The election? Well no-one really won. The SNP got in with one seat and look that they are going to be in a minority government. This is very much unknown territory and it looks that the Liberals will hold the power in a number of key points given that they could decide to go either way depending on the issue.

It look highly unlikley that the SNP will get there vote on independence in this session of the parliament, I imagine that they are going to have to show the electorate that they can be a responsible party in power and hope for a larger majority in the next Scottish election. However given their minority government status it is going to be very, very difficult for them to push any major changes through. Well see.

Congrats to Kenny Gibson, an old client of ours, who became MSP for Cunninghame North.

steelso :: May.16.2007 :: Politics :: 2 Comments »

Links to the coverage and opinion of this year’s elections:

Nick Robinson 

Always good read but I think that I’d like Nick’s thoughts on the more interesting question on how the SNP would react to working with a London Conservative government if Labour lose the next general election.

BBC Election Blog

Has that Brian Taylor chap and coverage from around the UK.

I had more, I don’t have time though….

S

steelso :: May.03.2007 :: Politics :: 5 Comments »

Tomorrow the UK goes to vote in the local council elections and up here we also vote for MSP’s for the Scottish Parliament. This could be the biggest change in Scotland’s political landscape for many generations as all the polls indicate the SNP are likely to hold the balance of power. If they do they have promised a referendum on Scottish Independence in the next two years.

I’m not keen on independence, I can’t see the benefits. This isn’t an election on that though, this is about giving Labour, and in turn Tony Blair, a good kicking at the polls. That I totally understand.

The feeling is that the SNP are going to romp home. This will be interesting to see if this will create voter apathy, if it’s such a foregone conclusion then what’s the point in voting? The weather is also going to play a part, it’s going to be fantastic weather. Does that help or hinder turn out?

I’ll be glued to the BBC tomorrow night to see how it all falls. Either way this Scottish election has massive implications for the UK as a whole.

In other news: I’ve bagged a Wii!

steelso :: May.02.2007 :: Politics, Wii :: 5 Comments »