Labour election poster mocked for confusing third boxing glove on man attacking Theresa May’s manifesto
Unveiling the campaign advert Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said he thought John Prescott was back
LABOUR’S new election poster has been mocked after featuring a confusing and inexplicable third boxing glove on a man attacking Theresa May’s manifesto.
Unveiling the campaign advert Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said he thought when he first saw it that John Prescott was back.
The “triple whammy” poster was revealed by the senior Jeremy Corbyn ally as Labour responded officially to the Conservatives’ election pledges.
It features a man with three oversized boxing gloves, one saying “no triple lock”, another saying “no winter fuel allowance”, and a third saying “pay for care with your home”.
But while two of them are at the end of the faceless figure’s arms, the third doesn’t seem to be attached the person in any understandable way.
The picture has created confusion - with social media users questioning how it actually works, as opposed to the message.
One Twitter user asked “who is the third glove attached to?” while another said it is “presumably for head butting”.
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Someone else question whether the third glove was punching – or was in fact the man’s body.
Mr McDonnell said it reminded him of Lord Prescott, who infamously punched a man who egged him on the campaign trail for the 2001 General Election.
At the same press conference he hit out at the Tories for making "uncosted commitments" in their manifesto and called her plans “absolutely sick and sneaky”.
But manifestos should not be costed, according to former Chancellor Ken Clarke, who said outlining how policy proposals would be funded was "crazy" because it would tie the Treasury’s hands.
Mr McDonnell said the document showed they had returned to being the "nasty party", warning 10 million pensioners would lose their winter fuel payments under her plans.
It comes after the PM vowed to govern for "mainstream Britain" and deliver a strong economy after Brexit, including a radical shake-up of pensioner benefits and the system for funding social care.