13 Aug 2013

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg works incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo

KiN Reports
Norwegian Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party) worked incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo City this June. Dressed in the official Oslo taxi driver's uniform and with the driver identification card, Jens managed to lure several passengers in the political advertisement video for his party. The aim of the stunt was to hear for himself what real Norwegian voters meant when it concerned politics in general, the Labour party and the Prime Minister in particular.

"It is important for me to hear what people really think...and if there is one place people really say what they think about most things, it's in the taxi". Said Stoltenberg.

He wore sunglasses for the occassion and behaved as a normal taxi driver to unsespecting passengers.
The passengers he picked up were not aware of his identity and communicated freely on various political issues. Each trip ended only after the passengers had recognised Stoltenberg or when he identified himself to the passengers. The discussions in the taxi were captured on a hidden camera and form part of the political campaign material for the Labour Party.











The film has been posted on the Prime Minister's Facebook page and forms part of his campaign material for re-election this September.

Here is the video:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yaani that was a good one, maybe Kenyan politicians have something to learn here.

Mzalendo said...

Kenyan politicians will never do something like that coz they are scared of being attacked all the time.

Anonymous said...

He is not a good driver.