Mark Pack

“Misled, double-crossed and betrayed”: how Labour broke its by-election promises

By | Sun 21st January 2007 - 2:29 pm

During the hard-fought by-election in Hartlepool in 2004, Labour accused the Lib Dems of variously lying, scaremongering and eating babies for basing our campaign on saving Hartlepool hospital. Labour, who just held on to what had been a rock-solid safe seat, claimed the hospital was safe, with both Tony Blair and John Reed (then Health Secretary) personally promising it was safe.

I think you can guess what the story you can read from the local newspaper by following this link is about … (hint: promises, broken, hospital, closure).

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