Comments on: With lies like these I’d rather the LibDems fiddled their expenses

By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:03:50 +0000

Memo to Ms Bridget Fox

Result in Islington

Labour 12,428
Greens 8,551
Liberal Democrats 8,167
Conservatives 6,170

I think we can say any further claims of “two horses” is incorrect in Islington

By: Lib Dems’ leaflets: Legal, indecent, dishonest, untruthful :: Adrian Short

Lib Dems’ leaflets: Legal, indecent, dishonest, untruthful :: Adrian Short — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:01:44 +0000

[...] it seems that the Lib Dems’ leaflets are legal I maintain my original view that they are indecent, dishonest and untruthful. They may be “within the rules” but [...]

By: Adrian Short

Adrian Short — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:06:52 +0000

Sam,

These are European election leaflets. There are no local elections in London today.

Nich Starling,

If the Tories (or anyone else) are making claims about the need for tactical voting in a first past the post election then that’s legitimate. There’s no need to vote tactically in the European election held under a proportional party list system.

By: Man in a Shed

Man in a Shed — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:57:30 +0000

@Sam – that’s the whole point. They are using the local elections to deceive people about the European ones. ( Lets face it the Lib Dems really should understand proportional representation shouldn’t they ? )

As an example see here which clearly shows an attempt at a cross over from local election to Euro PR election. ( As an aside the local Lib Dems don’t even use the Council Division they are competing for, nor the last equivalent election for the MP constituency they do show. Claiming its only 4% between when at the last general election the gap was 14% ).

By: Mark Senior

Mark Senior — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:12:04 +0000

For real lies in leaflets , see the Conservatives in Taunton . They managed to libel not only the LibDem candidate but the CEO of the Council . After police involvement they are now running around delivering another note from the chairman of Taunton Conservative Association withdrawing the false allegations .
Incidently there is a council byelection on Sutton council Nonsuch ward on July 2nd .

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:53:50 +0000

It always amuses me when the Tories or Labour whine about Lib Dems using their tactical advantage in a few FPTP seats, when Labour and the Tories constantly tell voters, ‘there’s no point voting for anyone other than us because it’s a wasted vote.’

If this is the most scandalous thing the Lib Dems are doing then good on them!

By: Nich Starling - Norfolk Blogger

Nich Starling - Norfolk Blogger — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:22:22 +0000

And I could equally show you Tory leaflets that do the same, leaflets from the Tories in North Norfolk used in general elections claiming the Lib Dems cannot win (its a Lib Dem held seat) and many other examples to.

Get over yourself.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:18:47 +0000

I’m not a member or anything, but aren’t those leaflets aimed at local elections, not European ones?

By: That's News

That's News — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:46:12 +0000

Now, that’s the strange thing about the Liberals. As individuals they are lovely people. But get them together in the Liberal Party/Liberal Democrats and they become feral and mendacious.

By: Man in a Shed

Man in a Shed — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:57:17 +0000

We have the same problem with the Lib Dems in Woking. I made the same point about the deceit on the electoral system.

I am pushing to take a more direct line of attack against the deceitful practices of the Lib Dems. It time their style of politics and little tricks were exposed to the electorate for what they are and what they tell you about who the Lib Dems are.

PS Great post – I’ve cached a copy of it locally to refer to in the future.