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This image, from Hammersmith Tory candidate Shaun Bailey, shows him shaking hands with council leader Stephen Greenhalgh - the new poster boy for hard-right, service-cutting Tories in local government - with other local Tory councillors. He is, according to the leaflet, "congratulating Tory councillors" on cutting council tax.
But look more closely - doesn't Shaun Bailey look unusually tall? He looks to be over a foot taller than Cllr Greenhalgh, but in the image below it appears that they're roughly the same height.
Unless Shaun Bailey has mysteriously grown to be about 7 feet tall, it looks like something odd's going on.
Look again at Greenhalgh and Bailey's hands in their handshake in the top photo. On closer inspection, it looks like Cllr Greenhalgh's hand oddly changes colour where it meets Mr Bailey's.
Would a better photoshopper have used the blur tool more effectively?
We already know that the Tories have previous when it comes to amending History to suit their own agenda, so if someone amongst Hammersmith's Conservatives could just confirm that this photo is genuine we'd appreciate it.
Or did their parliamentary candidate get photoshopped into an event he couldn't be bothered to attend?
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I hope this post clears things up.
http://www.shaunbailey.co.uk/media/lightbox_images/housing.jpg
Ridiculous, vain, preening little man that he is.
Will you be posting a retraction if proven wrong?
Or will you brazen it out like PURNELL did. TWICE?
Hey, why doesn't someone ask him??? No?? Don't worry, I've emailed him :-)
There were posts on the crunch, but the more serious ones are quite a while ago.
Where is the real debate on the biggest economic problem in 50 years? Nowhere to be seen on Labourlist.org. :-(
Imagine being a cojoined twin of David Cameron.
well done finding the oroginal pic of him.
this guy is a joke.
To me it looks like they've taken him from this photo: http://blog.ivanpope.com/roadblog/images/2007/05/02/bailey.jpg
An obvious photoshop if I've ever seen one.
http://frankowenspaintbrush.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/shaun-bailey-manufactured-photo-manufactured-candidate/
The one of Bailey and Cameron is fantastic (http://www.shaunbailey.co.uk/pages/home/about-shaun.php)
In the run up to the election I'm looking forward to seeing Bailey shaking hands with Churchill
If you go to his website and to the page "about Shaun"
http://www.shaunbailey.co.uk/pages/home/about-shaun.php
there are a load of pictures on the right hand side.
the second bottom picture on the right hand column is a picture of him and cameron.
the picture looks like they have been photoshoped together in front of a threshers in fulham.
neither bailey or cameron are in the street and they certanly aren't standing next to eachother.
an even more blatant photoshop than the one you have pointed out here.
He does look a little "sharper" than the others. But then he's the PPC innit, and more of a clothes horse that the muppety ones. I'd not be surprised if the main picture including Shaun is "right" even though it looks awkward.
Personally, I wouldn't know my Shaun Bailey from my Busharat Ali (who clearly *does* know how to use the blur tool to some effect.)
http://www.order-order.com/2007/04/why-you-should-never-photoshop-election/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/sep/28/tvfakery.television
Telling porkies in politics is just stupid, but breaking the 11th commandment while you’re at it takes it to another level.
I've never understood why people bother to doctor photos, it’s pretty sad to say the least. Of all crimes it’s the easiest one to find the witnesses.