Peter Moore, Town Crier London, just posted the following message of support, thanks Peter, much appreciated!
Oyez Oyez OYEZ. Mr Mayor one and all I urge you to vote for Little Britain in the Big Apple. it will be a extention of the Hand of Friendship Across the Big Pond. Great for New Yorkers and Visitors Alike Long live the President.God Save The Queen.
Win an Upper Class flight, LB to LHR, on Virgin Atlantic!
Our campaign “canteen canvassing” starts April 3rd at Proskauer Rose, one of the nations largest law firms, and on April 4th at The New York Times.
In partnership with Restaurant Associates, at lunchtime’s in company restuarants across the city, CFLB will be serving up the very best freshly cooked British food from co-founder Tea & Sympathy’s cookbook, while our other co-founder,Virgin Atlantic, will be giving people the chance to win a free round trip flight to London, UPPER CLASS.
More restuarants are signed up to partcipate over the next few weeks, we will announce them a few days before each one. Best of British luck to all who take part!
Chinatown backs Little Britain.
New York City is a crazy quilt of different ethnicities and different cultures, that’s what makes it such a special place. Every culture has qualities that are specific and unique to them and the different neighborhoods that have sprung up where concentrations of business and residents exist are wonderful and should be encouraged. Little Britain would be a great idea to help showcase the many aspects and qualities that our cousins across the pond possess. After all, us Anglophiles need to know where to get Lilt soda and Cornish pasty!
David Eng
Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation
Brian Andersson, Commissioner of Records, New York
“The designation of “Little Britain” would be a wonderful nod to New York’s historical cousins and America’s most steadfast ally. It would spur more visits to the West Village by native New Yorkers as well as out-of-towners and foreign tourists in search of that quintessential British flavor. So much of our common culture is influenced by the UK in music, television, theatre, lierature, what’s a couple of blocks to acknowledge it?”
Many thanks to Brian and all in city govenment who are coming out in support, more to follow…
Mike Myers is also voting..
“I’ll be voting for Little Britain in the Big Apple because, as a New
Yorker of British Heritage, I think it’s important for the City of New York to
continue the tradition of designating certain areas of the city to celebrate various
cultural traditions. God Save the Queen. “
Mario Cantone is voting
” I’ll be voting for Little Britain in the Big Apple because I need
my Afternoon Teabagging”
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Simon Doonan lends his support
Little Britain just might be the most important thing to happen
in Manhattan since … I can’t think of anything right now, but trust me, it’s
important.”…and it will bring to Manhattan all the style and savoir-faire of a
Saturday night in Croydon. Brace yourselves!
The Big Yin is on board
I’ll be voting for Little Britain because a little Brit goes a long
way.
Meanwhile, back in the old country..
We’ve had a flood of emails in support and a stack of press, radio and TV coverage. Thank you everyone it is greatly appreciated. To the one blogger who actually had the audacity to suggest Ray Gardner was ‘a fake Brit’ and the idea is ‘bollocks’, we’ll paraphrase Ray, and say, “you’re just one dissenting voice in a billion English speaking people”. If you don’t get that, search for “Ray Gardner” on youtube. Anyway, enough of that, here’s yesterdays NYC Metro.
http://ny.metro.us/metro/local/article/The_British_are_coming_Again/7586.html
Campaign mugs now for sale!
We had some made up and are now for sale at Tea & Sympathy, for cost price in case anyone is wondering, $3 a pop. Bargain, get ‘em while stocks last etc..
Press Conference pics
Great to get a full house at Jackson Square Park this morning from US/UK news crews, and, Japanese breakfast news. Nice of Joss Stone to show her support, as she was having her usual cheese and onion pasty afterwards news came in her album had gone top 5 Billboard. Awesome, as we say over here. Many thanks also to the lovely ladies from Virgin Atlantic who gave everyone a warm welcome and worked the Q&A.
Chris Rossi from Virgin Atlantic…quality bunting.
George and Joss
Joss and Mildred
Ben Sherman
A big thanks to Ben Sherman for designing the CFLB T-shirt, here is the design. Nice one.
Sunday Times
Nice piece in the Sunday Times business section, ta very much.
Press Conference and PPB premiere
Drop by for a cup of tea and scones at 11am prompt , March 21st, Jackson Square Park, where Greenwich Avenue meets 8th Avenue. Couple of stump speeches, special guests and a chance to watch the “party political broadcast”. Cheers!
Campaign posters start to appear around Manhattan.
Campaign posters start to appear around Manhattan.
Oooh, what’s this? AA Gill creates a storm in a teacup.
We look forward to his support 
BRITS BEHAVING BADLY
Instead of their tired, their poor, and their huddled masses, it seems the British have given New York their dilettantes, their cheapskates, and their snobbish cliques. At Soho House and other expat haunts, A. A. Gill wonders how anyone can stand his compatriots. Illustration by André Carrilho
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/04/brits200704
The Daily Express back in the old country pick up on the campaign.
The Daily Express back in the old country pick up on the campaign..
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/
The first news item on the campaign
The first news item on the campaign, courtesy of Ben Widdicombe at The Daily News.
‘Little Britain’ grows in W. Village
The “party political broadcast” shoot.
The “party political broadcast” shoot. Richard Dean, the campaign scriptwriter/overall creative ge-ni-us, with Matt Ryan, the director, and Ray Gardner, our campaign spokesman and star of the show. Some of you might remember Ray as a man of patriotic fervor, so when we read the script he instantly sprang to mind.