Help to buy now advertised nationally on TV

moneyinmypocket

118 118 we have a homeowner yes 118 they do look happy

mayonnaise

It's a public information film.
It informs the public about an available scheme, in this case Help to Buy.
Whether Graham_Devon from the moneysavingexpert.com forums agrees with that or not, is neither here nor there.

wotsthat

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Far from reducing it, like most of the advice, it seems the government are hell bent on involving as many people as possible.

Good to see young people getting on with life and buying houses with deposits that I (and you probably) thought were entirely normal when we were starting out. Have some doubts about HTB2 but in terms of HTB1 it's increasing supply with much lower cost to the taxpayer than funding building directly. A win win.

Look on the bright side - just think how you'd feel if they'd involved Kirstie Allsopp.

Generali

mayonnaise wrote: »

It's a public information film.
It informs the public about an available scheme, in this case Help to Buy.
Whether Graham_Devon from the moneysavingexpert.com forums agrees with that or not, is neither here nor there.

I find it hard to believe this advertising found be any more egregious than Ken Livingstone's newspaper/puff rag 'The Londoner'. That was a disgrace.

mayonnaise

JencParker wrote: »

Well, for a start, it's the NHS that advertises breast screening not the Government.

Well, it's the Department for Communities and Local Government doing this film, so that's not the Government either. :rotfl:

MFW_ASAP

Stop Press: Government advertises a policy it hopes will boost the economy to ensure it is a success. Man in Devon complains because he doesn't want economy to recover because it crushes his chances of picking up a cheap house.

"It's so unfair, since the credit crunch the government has tried everything it can to prop up the economy and prevent me from getting a bargain house. I've complained bitterly about every policy on an obscure forum, but amazingly it doesn't help. I almost feel like the government expects me to work hard, save hard and buy a house at market value instead of picking up a repossession from a family thrown into the street. Unbelievable!!", stated the man from Devon.

wotsthat

The OP will only have been about 10 in the mid-eighties and probably doesn't remember that government TV adverts then to frighten us to death about nuclear war and AIDS. I prefer the new upbeat government information films to those that explained how to survive the nuclear winter under the kitchen table and a door. My biggest concern was that in the event of war the world would be in black and white which was a bit of a disappointment because we'd only just got a colour TV.

I can see why they've done this TV advert - the media have hardly noticed help to buy and it's not really being bought to people's attention.:)

DKLS

JencParker wrote: »

Well, for a start, it's the NHS that advertises breast screening not the Government.

Not necessarily, I worked on a project to promote breast screening services due to low appointment take up and that was fully funded by a leading charity, no NHS funds were used.

grizzly1911

wotsthat wrote: »

The OP will only have been about 10 in the mid-eighties and probably doesn't remember that government TV adverts then to frighten us to death about nuclear war and AIDS. I prefer the new upbeat government information films to those that explained how to survive the nuclear winter under the kitchen table and a door. My biggest concern was that in the event of war the world would be in black and white which was a bit of a disappointment because we'd only just got a colour TV.

I can see why they've done this TV advert - the media have hardly noticed help to buy and it's not really being bought to people's attention.:)

Was that the 80s?

More like the 60s & 70s. I think painting the "safe" room white would have been particularly effective.

Two tribes was early 80s and that made the message seem nostalgic.

wotsthat

grizzly1911 wrote: »

Was that the 80s?

More like the 60s & 70s. I think painting the "safe" room white would have been particularly effective.

Two tribes was early 80s and that made the message seem nostalgic.

Protect and Survive - first hit my consciousness in the early eighties as a young teenager although a quick google seems to indicate that the government had been scaring the s**t out of people with this lighthearted series since the '70's.

AIDS - Don't die of ignorance. Probably a couple of years later.

In those days politicians hadn't quite convinced people that they had all the answers so ads were intentionally hard hitting.

Now we've been convinced they've been able to move onto the bleeding obvious like suggesting fruit and veg might be worth eating occasionally and got involved in heavy debate like whether tomato ketchup counts as one of the 5 a day.