There are countless examples of Tory candidates spreading fear among voters and lying about Labour's policies - including the Tory leader himself.
In last night’s leaders’ debate David Cameron said it was “disgraceful to try and frighten people” by distributing scaremongering leaflets during the election campaign – yet there are countless examples of Tory candidates spreading fear among voters and lying about Labour’s policies – including the Tory leader himself.
In a letter to pensioners in St Ives two weeks ago, Cameron wrote:
“You may have read that Labour are also considering what the newspapers call a “death tax” to pay for care costs – a new tax on everything you have saved and want to leave to your children.”
This in spite of the Chancellor, 11 days earlier, ruling out such a tax – in a debate with George Osborne. Cameron’s signed letter spinning the death tax line is just one of several sent out by Conservatives over the past few weeks, a selection of which can be seen below:
Clockwise from top left:
• A dog-whistle leaflet on immigration delivered by Tory council candidate Osman Dervish in Andrew Rosindell’s Romford consituency;
• A leaflet about crime delivered in Enfield Lock, featuring David Cameron’s picture and a quote;
• The Tory leader’s signed letter about the “death tax“; and
• Tory PPC for Edmonton Andrew Charalambous’s leaflet featuring a bloody machete and the “pure lie” (to quote David Cameron) that violent crime had gone up 44 per cent under Labour.
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54 Responses to “Exposed: Cameron’s hypocrisy over “disgraceful” leaflets”
Bambos Charalambous
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doublemadforit
Which one of the four leaflets was a tory lie? I appreciate that you want to defend/promote labour to the hilt but you have to read your examples. The death tax example clearly quotes something from the newspaper “You may have read that….” and “what the newspapers call a….” are the clues here which is not quite the same as telling voters that tories would “cut pensioners’ benefits including bus passes, winter fuel payments and prescriptions”. Not including something in a manifesto does not actually mean that they are scrapping. Labour have dropped a b*ll*ck here and crying “but the tories did it first sir!” doesn’t really help the cause does it?? Let’s be a little bit more grown up with this shall we
Your Edmonton
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Mr. Sensible
If Cameron really is saying he is going to protect those benefits for the elderly, might I suggest he takes a trip up to Nottinghamshire?
Because, Cameron’s message about protecting free bus travel clearly is not getting through:
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/County-council-make-bus-pass-partial-U-turn/article-1944924-detail/article.html
The Tory-conroled Nottinghamshire County Council has now said that people cannot use these concessionary travel passes before 09:30 AM.
That’s not protecting it; that’s a cut.
And I thought we were supposed to learn everything about a Tory government from their councils?
Jenni Jackson
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