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The Tories have jumped on the Jedward bandwagon, branding Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling "Deadwood".
A poster campaign features the faces of the Prime Minister and Chancellor imposed on a photograph of the X-Factor's Irish twins John and Edward Grimes.
The text of the advert, appearing on billboards across London, refers to the result of Sunday night's public vote on the ITV show, stating: "Jedward are gone, but we're still left with... Deadwood."
Labour has already tried to capitalise on the twins' notoriety, producing a similar image earlier this month featuring David Cameron and shadow chancellor George Osborne. It warned: "You won't be laughing if they win."
Jedward's performances split political as well as public opinion, with Mr Brown describing them as "not very good" but Mr Cameron admitting he found them addictive.
Meanwhile on the ITV show, the hyper-quiffed identical pop twins came up against Olly Murs in the sing-off. The twins' rendition of Boyzone's No Matter What was unusually subdued with no dance routine and no tricks.
Olly, one of the show favourites, said he was "a bit gutted" to be in the bottom two. But his polished performance of Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight was too good for the brothers.
His fans may have wondered if judge Simon Cowell could turn around and stab the superior singer in the back, as he did with Welsh teenager Lucie Jones earlier in the series when she came up against the twins. But Cowell stuck with Olly, telling the twins: "I'm actually going to miss you, I am."
Cheryl Cole also voted for Olly, while Louis Walsh went with his act, John and Edward. That left Dannii Minogue to ratchet up the tension. She said: "I'm going to have to judge it as I've judged it the whole time. On the premise that it's a singing competition I will have to send home John and Edward."
The pair remained all smiles as they were voted out, saying Murs deserved to go through and reach the final.
Reader views (1)
The Evening Standard needs to start an urgent campaign called OPERATION DEADWOOD.
Allow readers the chance to add suitable candidates to the DEADWOOD LIST.
For starters, here are a few at the top of the list.
Gormless Brown.
Dizzy Darling.
Jackboot Straw.
Meddleslime the unelected.
Parasite Prescott.
Useless Blunkett.
Balls-up Balls.
Milibanana.
DEADWOOD THE LOT OF THEM.
- Reuben Camara, Plot 1, Morecambe Compound, EUSSR, 23/11/2009 04:12
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