Political Lookalikes: Vince Cable

06.30.10 Posted in Random by Granny Apples

The next in our lookalike series is Vince Cable, Lib Dem MP for Twickenham and Business Secretary. Here you can see his long lost twin, Friar Tuck, from Robin Hood (the 1973 cartoon version). It’s all in the eyebrows and hair.


Political Lookalikes: Rory Stewart

06.29.10 Posted in Random by Granny Apples

I watched the film Bright Star recently, an account of the poet Keats’ romance with a young woman who is a somewhat dubious fashionista.  The whole way through I was slightly preoccupied with examining the actor playing Keats, Ben Whishaw.  What made him so distracting was the resemblance between him and my top political crush, [...]


Political Lookalikes: Bill Rammell

06.29.10 Posted in Random by Granny Apples

After noticing that several politicians had lookalikes, we have decided that a whole series of blog posts are needed on this topic as one post was just not enough! The first politician to be reunited with his twin below is Bill Rammell who used to be the Labour MP for Harlow. Bill Rammell and Dara [...]


The Weekly Round-Up

06.25.10 Posted in Politics and Public Affairs by openroad

The Weekly Round-Up is back, with three more diverting pieces on the week’s events. With the Conservative leadership seeming just about stable for the moment, Paul Waugh has to think long-term about a possible adversary. A very thorough breakdown of the choices facing BoJo, and his chances at further fame. Back in the present, the Guardian’s Michael [...]


Virgo HEALTH and Open Road to support Janssen’s Risperdal Consta in the UK

06.15.10 Posted in Media and PR by openroad

Virgo HEALTH has been appointed by Janssen-Cilag to deliver an integrated PR and PA programme in conjunction with PA partner Open Road to support Risperdal Consta in the UK. Since the recent appointment of Mark Lloyd Davies as Head of Government Affairs and Communications at Janssen-Cilag, there has been a renewed energy and focus on [...]