Archive for category: Video

• Video: Labour’s Fare Deal explained

  Labour have brought out a rather well done video explaining their Fare Deal policy. MP Stephen Pound narrates seemingly on the basis that his name is pound, ho ho, but he makes a goo fist of it none the less. Leaving aside the muzak and clip art noises of oh’s […]

   

• Interview: Lawrence Webb UKIP’s London Mayoral candidate

  On Monday Big Smoke spoke to the UK Independence Party London Mayoral candidate, Lawrence Webb. Somehow we managed to find the noisiest rooftop in London to put our questions to him, but the views were very nice so hopefully you’ll forgive the background noise. We were speaking on top of […]

   

• Video: Tour Des Bikeshops

  This video, from Londoners on Bikes, encourages you to “Vote with your bike”. You can get involved by clicking here. Tour des Bikeshops from martinib.eu on Vimeo.

   

• Music: M***** F****** Bike

  As you may have gathered – not for those of the sensitive disposition. If you *really* love your bike you will love this. From Sons of Science.

   

• Video: the Green councillor rap

  This is very, very strange. Someone has decided to make a “rap” video, sampling the interventions of Camden’s Green councillor Maya de Souza, as she battles to be called by the Labour chair. I have absolutely no idea what inspired the creator to do this – perhaps it heralds a […]

   

• Video: Charles Honderick on a Tale of Two Barnets

  I spoke to film maker Charles Honderick about his forthcoming Tale of Two Barnets at the studios in the Mill Hill Music Complex. Indeed we recorded the interview in the very studios used by the Damned and Morrissey no less. In the interview we discussed Barnet council’s “controversial” approach to […]

   

• Video: Andrew Lansley’s PR disaster at Royal Free

  You may have already heard by now Health Secretary Andrew Lansley had a disastrous trip to the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead today. Despite sneaking in a side entrance to avoid protesters and only meeting hand picked staff he still managed to get into a tangle in the corridors before […]

   

• Short Film: Les Bicyclettes de Belsize

  This 1968 short, musical film has no dialogue but does feature bicycles, North London and the man of the moment, Engelbert Humperdinck Thanks to Liberal England for spotting the theme tune which led to finding the film itself.

   

• London’s fashions down the ages

  Nice little video on London’s fashions down the ages.

   

• Olympic parody video the authorities want banned

  Thanks to Sunny at Liberal Conspiracy for posting this; Have you spotted any others? Let us know in the comments…