Doughty Street: Attack Advert, Willie Rennie MP, Cluster Bombs?

18 Doughty Street is seeking scripts for an attack video they are preparing about the arms trade.

Labour of Love have submitted this treatment:

Scene One: Willie is at McEwan Purvis PR Board Meeting as shareholder, director and account manager. Record profits. Lovely little earner working for Raytheon who are the Fifth Largest Arms Maker in the World. Charts show Patriot Missiles, Bunker Busters, Cluster Bombs sales rising. Cash is flowing into the McEwan Purvis bank account. And into Willie's own account.

Scene Two: Candidate Willie is drunk as he has just fought a lying, cheating, twisting Lib Dem by-election campaign. Bombshell (cartoon graphic?) he has won the bloody thing. Shame his mates have to hold him up and his speech is two slurred words. "Than' Youse." Thanks heavens no one bubbled him for the arms lobbying!

Scene Three: MP Willie is visiting the Raytheon Scotland Limited factory which is only two or three constituencies away from his own stolen one of Dunfermline. He poses happily with the boss, looks at the killing machines. Gives glowing sound-biteage. Helped by old firm McEwan Purvis.

Scene Four a, b, c, d: MP Will-lie is in the Chamber, in his office, in Westminster Hall, putting in EDMs etc. The key wording is shown on the screen. (e.g. "dumb cluster bombs") And then voice-overed thusly:

"Willie Rennie profited from arms sales spinning for one of the nastiest cluster bomb makers in the world, he went out of his way to visit their factory, he praised the firm's glowing reputation ... but now he's taking your money and taking them to task."

"All Cluster Bombs are Dumb Cluster Bombs"

"All Lib Dem MPs are probably liars and hypocrites like Willie Rennie"

Scene of A150 gunship firing at wedding, children, mosque. Wildtrack sound of the engagement.

As a subsidiary idea we suggested :

Let's Drop The Big One Now!

Make a video for a verse or two of Randy Newman's song with the above punch line.

It's called 'Political Science' and perfectly captures the Bushy one mesmerised in the twin headlights of Al Queda and Dad.

MANCHESTER WITHINGTON CONNECTION: Cllr John Leech MP asked a verbatim Willie question on cluster bombs alongside the man Willie Rennie himself. Arms dealer turned game player. Leech should be careful of the company he keeps. Avoiding Lib Dems reduces reputational risk. Though it's a trade off as Rennie risks being tarred as a Hospital Hoaxer.

FOOTNOTE: Their current attack advert is after Ken Livingstone. This follows Tax and Party Funding. More on Ken anon.