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Stephen Tall

Eastbourne Lib Dem campaigner smeared by Telegraph cleared by police

By Stephen Tall | 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 at the last election.

Compare that smear-without-substance with this more sober headline in the Rye …

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