Election Leaflet Lies

[lindapalmara]

We have had an Election leaflet from the local Labour candidate which contains a blatant lie and we can prove it. We had an unsatisfactory answer from the party Office in the nearby town but it pointed at well out of date figures. We have the latest figures and they now haven't replied. What can we do in such circumstances? Is there any redress? Electoral Commssion!!

[dannyk13]

You could try the Electoral Commission though not sure they would be interested unless a deliberate fraud.

[Tilly2]

I'm surprised you didn't stick it straight in the bin, Linda.

[RATTER15]

You are surprised that they lie?!! I thought that was perfectly normal.

They say... you can always tell if a politician is lying, because his lips move.

[weecalf]

Polititions always say what they don't mean for instance they stand to sit and they are running for parliament what charity is that .well Katie,s in labour so they must be doing summit right

[lindapalmara]

I wanted to act because there are people who will believe this tosh!

[excelsior-1]

good morning linda

how about considering the local press, reveal the deception to the populace?

[Gromit]

just out of interest, what was the lie? And what ltest figures rebutted the lie?

[Hopkirk]

Tell the local Tories

[auntie-bertie]

Give it to the Tories to use as ammunition!

[-Talbot-]

Yes, give the squeaky clean Tories the ammunition.

[Garador]

There are people who believe everything they read in the Daily Mail Linda!

[cassa333]

From what you say it isn't a lie as such just out of date figures or information.

Perhaps they haven't replied because they mucked up on the data and are too embarrassed to say. Lol

Has this leaflet come from a party that you don't support?

[Gromit]

Mistakes happen.
I remember one recent ABer who included two lies in one paragraph in a recent question.

[lindapalmara]

I'm just off out but I can put the link on later. The statement was:

" the coalition has reduced the debt and deficit since they took power"
Answer: WRONG - both have doubled since 2010

This is blatantly untrue. I have ONS figures.

Gromit. This isn't a mistake, it's a lie. I will write to my local paper and also contact the Conservative office.

[Zacs-Master]

Post it on Facebook. Don't tell me......you're not on Facebok.

[ichkeria]

Lol

[sp1814]

lindapalmara

This is very confusing.

You say that the leaflet was from the Labour candidate in your question, but then you go on to say that the lie was:

"the coalition has reduced the debt and deficit since they took power"

I don't understand why a Labour candidate would would even acknowledge something like that in the first place.

It's something a Tory candidate would claim.

Please explain...

[mushroom25]

thanks for that SP - i thought it was my brain....

[jno]

tell the Guardian, they're looking for them

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/09/general-election-leaflets-have-you-spotted-any-wild-or-misleading-claims

(Obviously you'll have to avert your eyes from any minor inaccuracies perpetrated by the Tories, as those are invariably honest mistakes)

[jno]

sp1814, the Labour leaflet is repeating a coalition claim and then saying it's wrong. lindapalmara thinks it's not wrong at all.