Comments on: On Boy Cameron fingering Dyke http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/04/18/on-boy-cameron-fingering-dyke/ crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:32:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Gareth http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/04/18/on-boy-cameron-fingering-dyke/#comment-44262 Gareth Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:06:45 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/04/18/on-boy-cameron-fingering-dyke/#comment-44262 Well the Tories here tried desperately to do a similar thing at parish pump level. Woodley town council (24/24 Lib Dem at present) is up for election, so cue letters from the Tories to a number of town cllrs amid claims that they had had 'a number of enquiries' from elected representatives wanting to join. Surprise surprise, when nominations closed the Lib Dems have a full slate and have de facto won 6 seats 'unopposed' due to a shortage of Tory candidates! But the Tory tactics remind me of the sort of stunt played by certain parties who jump around in the press claiming they are going to stand candidates, hold a meeting, and then don't, causing only disruption in the process. Are the Tories really playing by the far-right's campaign manual? Well the Tories here tried desperately to do a similar thing at parish pump level. Woodley town council (24/24 Lib Dem at present) is up for election, so cue letters from the Tories to a number of town cllrs amid claims that they had had ‘a number of enquiries’ from elected representatives wanting to join.

Surprise surprise, when nominations closed the Lib Dems have a full slate and have de facto won 6 seats ‘unopposed’ due to a shortage of Tory candidates!

But the Tory tactics remind me of the sort of stunt played by certain parties who jump around in the press claiming they are going to stand candidates, hold a meeting, and then don’t, causing only disruption in the process. Are the Tories really playing by the far-right’s campaign manual?

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