More Labour News

As the incumbents on Haringey Council, Labour can't afford to be as negative as the other parties (who would they slag off?) And so it is that Labour News is quite a positive affair compared to most of what's landed on my doormat these past few weeks. The whole of the front page is about their "five key promises" from their manifesto, and a map showing off their achievements.

Overleaf, though, we have a large panel about the "savage" Lib Dems (that's right - it literally calls them savage). The new nasty party, apparently.

"Their leader has made a promise of 'savage cuts' and now they have even refused to rule out cuts to the NHS - not even the Tories go that far."

What follows are some predictable misrepresentations of fact by people who should know better. They've used the fact that the Lib Dems want to "review the use of CCTV" (gasp) as evidence of them being "soft on crime". Please.

I'd be interested to know how quick these printed mailings are turned around, and whether they're able to respond to unexpected events like... ooh... Nick Clegg winning the leaders' debate. In this case though I think the viciousness is just a function of Hornsey & Wood Green being a close-run Lib v Lab seat.

Verdict

One of the starkest contrasts so far between positive elucidation of policy and vicious negativity against the other parties. What a shame.