Tory deceit !

[bor]

It's rare that anything really takes me by surprise these days, but THIS is staggering !

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,9061,1457749,00.html


Even for Tory filth this is appaling.

The Guardian - the paper for the intellectual elite said:

Ed Matts, the Conservative candidate in Labour's most marginal seat of Dorset South, thought he might garner a few votes when he appeared at a rally last month to show his support for the heart-rending case of the Kachepa family who are facing deportation. In a coup he managed to haul in Ann Widdecombe, who held a banner at the rally proclaiming: "Let Them Stay" Eagle-eyed Labour activists could hardly believe their luck when a completely different version of the same picture appeared on Mr Matts's election leaflets. The striking figure of Ms Widdecombe is still there, alongside the aspiring MP. But the crowds have disappeared and Mr Matts's picture of the Kachepa family and the words on Ms Widdecombe's banner have been replaced with words supportive of the party's tough line on immigration. Conservative HQ defended his actions. A spokesman said: "Ed Matts excluded the family who appeared in the original photo by creating a new image in order to protect them from media attention........."

Just how low are the Conservative prepared to go ?
Bad Tories,

[nuclearsquash]

looks photo chopped to me.

[JagLover]

Guardian-The paper for sandal wearing, power mad, bitter socialists.

I'm afraid I don't believe much of what they write-are they the only proof you have?

[limpsfield]

JagLover said:

I'm afraid I don't believe much of what they write-are they the only proof you have?

Apparently not...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4435895.stm

"A Conservative candidate has apologised for "doctoring" a photo of him campaigning for an asylum seeker....In a statement, he said: "I apologise for making a foolish mistake - I had no intention of causing any embarrassment. "

Ah, the grand old tradition of political sleaze..I feel all 1990s.

[bor]

That's a very fair question Jaglover. I can barely believe it myself. I thought about double checking before posting, but where's the fun in that ?

BOR<<crusader for truth>>

[alexkp]

JagLover said:

Guardian-The paper for sandal wearing, power mad, bitter socialists. I'm afraid I don't believe much of what they write-are they the only proof you have?

The Guardian has it's faults, but it would be just as easy to accuse The Mail of being rabidly right wing to the exclusion of honesty and integrity.

The Guardian is usually pretty truthful in it's reporting regardless of one's personal bias and beliefs. It does have a left wing agenda though.

[tuscan_thunder]

both sides as bad as each other: photo shopping, vote rigging, mandelson and the property, cherie taking £100k from a cancer charity for giving a talk etc etc

i hate politicians. both (in fact, all) sides, as bad as each other - just depnds which paper you read as to which appears worse.

[Plotloss]

Politician in lack of truth shock?

Surely some mistake, why is it even being reported?

[yertis]

Dozy knob-end. FFS. Jesus H Christ etc...

I keep thinking "Maybe I ought to get involved a bit more" then I think, "No, I'm not bright enough to be an MP", then I see things like this... it beggars belief.

Gormless tt. Dorset South. That's Weymouth and Portland?


Inbreds.

[yertis]

No place for Widdecombe in my cabinet for start - listening to her voice is like dragging ones finger nails down a blackboard...

[JagLover]

The Tories have been let down now twice in this election campaign by stupid candidates.

Howard Flight and now this plonker.

I think they need to change their selection procedures and involve the wider community in each constituency.

[anonymous-user]

My impression of Michael Howard this morning.



This guy should be publicly flogged for being such a CT and then deported.

[yertis]

The Conservatives are institutionally stupid IMO. I vote for them only on principle. The candidates are usually pretty weak, boring "Rotarian" types with little or no fire in their bellies.

They need a big shake up, image- and policy-wise. Actually not even a shake up. A complete ground-up rebuild.

[The Wiz]

So what? All this proves is that all our current politicians are lowlifes. Its not as bad as vote rigging through the postal vote system though.

[yertis]

The typography on those placards is crap too...

[mechsympathy]

They're all at it: I had a Labour leaflet through the door last night. Apparently they've built two new hospitals and employed 849 new doctors and 2365 new nurses in the Bristol area. I'd love to know where they've put them all

And apparently cancer deaths are down 12% (Compared to what??? TW@Ts.)

What a load of wnk.

[funkihamsta]

That's hilarious. How detached from reality can a person be to try and pull that one off. Talk about Tim nice but dim, sheesh.

[yertis]

mechsympathy said:

They're all at it: I had a Labour leaflet through the door last night. Apparently they've built two new hospitals and employed 849 new doctors and 2365 new nurses in the Bristol area. I'd love to know where they've put them all And apparently cancer deaths are down 12% (Compared to what??? TW@Ts.) What a load of wnk.

I got that one too. Where are those hospitals? I'm sure I'd have noticed them. All I ever hear about is whether they're closing Frenchay, or Southmead..

[Rob P]

mechsympathy said:

They're all at it: I had a Labour leaflet through the door last night. Apparently they've built two new hospitals and employed 849 new doctors and 2365 new nurses in the Bristol area. .)

...and 14000 managers to oversea the roll-out

[mechsympathy]

yertis said:

I got that one too. Where are those hospitals? I'm sure I'd have noticed them. All I ever hear about is whether they're closing Frenchay, or Southmead..

That's what Claire said, she's gone into work to see if any of the other GPs have noticed them.