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"What is wrong with Labour" says Leech as Stringer fails to condemn Election lies
November 9, 2010 1:22 PM
"What is wrong with Labour" says Manchester Lib Dem MP John Leech as Labour
MP Graham Stringer fails to condemn false allegations made by former Oldham
Labour MP Phil Woolas at the General Election last May.
John Leech said "It is incredible that, when judges have ruled that Phil
Woolas made statements which he 'had no reasonable grounds for believing
were true and did not believe were true', Graham Stringer, as a senior
North West Labour MP, is now trying to backtrack and explain away Phil
Woolas' actions."
Graham Stringer has commented publically that it is 'easy to go over the
top' and that Phil Woolas has been 'hung out to dry'.
John Leech added "It doesn't get more serious for an MP than being found
guilty of illegal practice in an Election Court and being disbarred with
immediate effect.
Friday's judgement was a victory for the people of Oldham and Saddleworth
and and a victory for democracy.
Graham Stringer should stop second guessing the judges' verdict and start
making clear that there is no place in British politics for saying things
which you know are not true.
I challenge Graham Stringer to support this simple statement."
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