US election battles are played out on TV screens with negative advertising - would the UK ever adopt the same style of adverts?

The Government has launched an advertising campaign to limit demand for NHS surgery to remove faulty breast implants.

Following the publication of the first print and online advertising of the Mayoral election campaign, a spokesperson for Ken Livingstone said; "This ad makes a serious point in an eye-catching way - a pickpocket is operating on public transport but unfortunately it is the Tory Mayor. He is making your pockets and purses lighter through rocketing fares. His decision to force Londoners to pay sky hi...

This is brilliant. According to the blog "Political Advertising" the Romney team unearthed this piece of comedy gold from an earlier Santorum campaign in 2006. just wondering if he'll maybe try an update for the primary campaign?

Scottish Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and MP for East Dunbartonshire Jo Swinson, has again urged advertisers and retailers to use models covering a diverse of sizes, ages and shapes in their advertising and media campaigns to reflect the reality of different body shapes and to promote healthy body image. Co-founder of the Campaign for Body Confidence, Jo is

A group of European privacy watchdogs has called for a stricter interpretation of rules on behavioural advertising, condemning the industry's self-regulation code as giving users a “wrong presumption” of how their online browsing habits are being tracked by advertisers using web 'cookies'. More »

Something about recycling in London I believe. Boris on other peoples’ wives maybe?

Three-year-old deals website broke the advertising code 48 times in the past year, says the Advertising Standards Authority

Is this a case of Jews being overly sensitive or a legitimate gripe against an anti-Semitic billboard? At first blush I thought the ADL was just lacking a sense of humor with its claims that this billboard from Wodka vodka in Manhattan was "crude and offensive" and that it "reinforces anti-Semitic stereotypes." But then I noted the two pictures of dogs, one wearing a Santa Claus hat and the other ...

Families are being urged to look out for the warning signs of dementia when they visit elderly relatives, in a government advertising campaign.