The Un-Credible Shrinking Man

The Un-Credible Shrinking Man was a Party Political Broadcast by the United Kingdom's Labour Party that was aired in May 2014.[1]

It starred Dominic Coleman as David Cameron.[2]

It attracted media attention for its parody of the 1950s black-and-white film The Incredible Shrinking Man. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is portrayed as The Un-Credible Shrinking Man in a comedy piece that sees him being treated with contempt by his coalition partners in the Conservative Party, shrinking to the size of a doll as he is forced to abandon his party's election manifesto policies, and finally being chased by the Downing Street cat.[3][4] The Liberal Democrats released their own black-and-white film in response, portraying Labour leader Ed Miliband as the "incredible silent man".[5]

References
  1. Labour Party (7 May 2014). "The Un-credible Shrinking Man". YouTube.
  2. The Guardian (7 May 2014). "Labour video mocks Nick Clegg as the 'Un-Credible Shrinking Man'". The Guardian.
  3. Murphy, Political Editor, Joe (7 May 2014). "That shrinking feeling for Nick Clegg as Labour film mocks Coalition". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 May 2014. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. Watt, Nicholas (7 May 2014). "Labour video mocks Nick Clegg as the 'Un-Credible Shrinking Man'". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  5. "Nick Clegg laughs off Labour 'shrinking man' jibe". BBC News. BBC. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.


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