Labour praised for Netflix parody targeting Tories' 'chaos and decline' | indy100

‘Chaos and decline’: Labour’s new campaign video steps up attacks on Tories

Labour Party

Riding off the back of a number of successes in this year’s local elections – including a shock defeat of incumbent West Midlands mayor Andy Street and a historic third term for Sadiq Khan in London – the Labour Party have released a new attack ad about their political opponents with their own spin on the streaming giant, Netflix.

Branding itself ‘Conflix’, the website promotes a fake, five-season “exclusive” series called “Chaos & Decline”, with a new season on each Tory prime minister since Cameron coming every weekday this week.

The summary reads: “On 6 May 2010 the saga began. After 14 years of Tory chaos on our screens, is the long-running Downing Street farce finally coming to an end?

“The main character may change but the plot remains the same: failure, internal division and scandal. Rishi Sunak heads up the latest season, but he’s too weak to make a difference…”

Conflix also boasts several other titles parodying popular TV shows and movies, including “14 Years Later” (28 Days Later/28 Weeks Later), “Nothing Works Anywhere All At Once”(Everything Everywhere All At Once), “Recession” (Succession) and “Broken Nation Street” (Coronation Street).

Labour also claim “the average household will be £870 worse off under Rishi Sunak”, which they equate to six and a half years’ worth of subscribing to Netflix on a standard plan.

The political stunt has since received considerable praise online:

V slick I\u2019m impressed \ud83d\udc40
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This is brilliant and it\u2019s all true. #Conflix
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@UKLabour That advert needs to be on tv.... played on the hour every hour!
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Nice bit of web design by Lab.\n\nLooks like there will be an episode on each of the five Conservative leaders over last 14 years.\n\nWill be interesting to see how they manage to drag out Truss into a whole episode.
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Whatever your politics, The Labour Party's new Netflix spoof site is a great example of doing something a bit different and getting noticed. It's hilarious.\nhttps://t.co/dyoOuacWiN
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Congrats to @UKLabour Party on this campaign. \n\nModern political comms at its best - the concept, delivery, messaging. Will break through audiences in a format that people intuitively understand.\n\nhttps://t.co/PmnB03PseR
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, meanwhile, has expressed his concerns over projections that the UK could be heading towards a hung parliament at the next general election, with Labour getting the most votes, but not enough to form a majority government.

He told The Times: “Keir Starmer propped up in Downing Street by the SNP, Liberal Democrats and the Greens would be a disaster for Britain.

“The country doesn’t need more political horse trading, but action. We are the only party that has a plan to deliver on the priorities of the people.”

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