Gollum Politics

From Australia: in the run-up to the Federal elections, comparisons with the creature Gollum are taking centre-stage.  The two major parties appear keen to portray each other’s leaders as versions of the creepy character from The Lord of the Rings. 

First, it was the  Labor Party that tweeted a Gollum-like image of Prime Minister Scott Morrison while calling him “tricksy”. The Liberal Party shot back with a video titled ‘The Lord of the Flip-Flops’ showing a CGI animated version of opposition leader Anthony Albanese as Gollum.