Stephen Tall

Eastbourne Lib Dem campaigner smeared by Telegraph cleared by police

By | Sun 16th May 2010 - 11:30 am

Just a day before polls opened the Daily Telegraph splashed with the sensational headline, Senior Liberal Democrat arrested over ‘sabotage’:

A senior Liberal Democrat campaigner has been arrested for allegedly trying to sabotage the Conservatives’ campaign in a key marginal seat in Thursday’s general election. The official understood to have failed to present himself at a police station in the south east of England. He is closely involved in the battle in Eastbourne against the Tories, where the Liberal Democrats held a 775 majority [untrue: it was a Conseavtive seat – Ed.] at the last election.

Compare that smear-without-substance with this more sober headline in the Rye and Battle Observer, Lib Dem campaigner is cleared:

A LIBERAL Democrat campaigner arrested on suspicion of harassing rival volunteers and the theft of Conservative election signs has been cleared of all allegations by police. … Chair of the Eastbourne Liberal Democrat Association Beryl Healy said there had never been any evidence the Lib Dems had touched Conservative boards. “It was sad the Conservatives accused, without any proof at all, a Lib Dem volunteer who was subjected to being arrested and having his house searched,” said Mrs Healy. “I really feel the Conservatives manufactured the accusations and should publicly apologise.”

Read more by or more about or .
This entry was posted in News.
Advert

4 Comments

  • Grumpy Old Man 16th May '10 - 12:56pm

    I hope the person in question gets loads of cash from the DT. As to the tribalism, aren’t we a coalition now? how about a bit of Chair-to Chair discussion over a Latte?

  • Sesenco 16th May '10 - 2:34pm

    Can we expect Lord Waterson of Eastbourne to be made SoS for Good Manners and Gentlemanly Behaviour?

  • Michael Seymour 17th May '10 - 10:44am

    My e-mail about how VAT discriminates against the lower paid and the poor, has not as far as I know, been published.

    If it has, tell me where>

Post a Comment

Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are. You can read our comments policy in full here. Please respect it and all readers of the site.

To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar.

Your email is never published. Required fields are marked *

*
*
Please complete the name of this site, Liberal Democrat ...?

Advert

Recent Comments

  • Peter Martin
    @ Daniel, You could have a point. Do you mean the government of the Federal Republic Of Germany? They certainly adopted the position of speaking for the ...
  • Steve Comer
    I agree with your sentiments Jack, but does the Party in Wales and it's MS? What little coverage of the Lib Dem campaign in Wales that I heard on news media ...
  • Daniel Walker
    @Peter Martin "Incidentally, the above point about the duty of a national government to adopt policies to ensure a measure of fiscal equalisation in a single...
  • Pawel Urbanski
    Where I grew up in Poland, school lessons finished at 3, but there was optional supervised care until 5 or 6, often just run in the library, for the parents who...
  • Peter Martin
    @ Chloe, "Who picks up the tab for the net fiscal deficit of the Scottish & Welsh governments " You're absolutely right that it should be t...