News and Politics | May 06, 2010 | 7 comments

Make your own parody of The Sun's Camobama front page

When a right-wing British tabloid has to invoke an American left-liberal politician to get people voting for their candidate of choice, you know this is definitely an election that hasn't quite gone to plan for them.

 

The Sun, faced with an unexpected boost of interest and support for Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats and their encapsulation of political change, has pulled out all the stops for today's frontpage. If, that is, pulling out all the stops means lazily ripping off Shepard Fairey's "Obama Hope" poster from the US elections. 

 

 

It's either a brilliant parody of Britain's self-deprecating view of our own election and politicians compared to America's bombastic Presidential battle or it's a cringe-worthy effort that's crying out for parody. Step forward, the internet:

 

You can make your own poster using this template. 
Typeface: this one is very similar to the original font Shepard Fairey used (and it's free) or if you're lazy just use Gill sans bold.

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