Smear Keir - desperate Tory tactics!

Rock bottom and still drilling

This claim sounds more like an attempt to smear the Tories.

This doesn't bother me - all the parties are smearing each other all the time. Look at the adverts being used. We had a post on Saturday with a link to voting tactically to keep the Tories out. Nobody felt aggrieved with that.

Mollygo

This claim sounds more like an attempt to smear the Tories.

I saw this statement on the times headlines today

It’s totally ridiculous to be honest

Smear campaigns at election time have been going on for as long as I have been voting.

Nothing new or original.

It's free for all smear fest! No point in watching the News or reading the papers. It's just snipe snipe snipe at each other.

It won’t influence me one iota - I know exactly who I’m voting for. The Tories can smear away to their hearts’ content - just makes them look even more desperate!

My postal vote arrived this morning. I filled in my vote and posted it back. Now I can forget all about it! Great!!

People who live in glass houses...

Cossy

Mollygo
This claim sounds more like an attempt to smear the Tories.

I saw this statement on the times headlines today.
I know, but what I said is what I meant.

I meant ALL parties. I’m not interested in what they think about other parties, only their positive ideas and how it’s going to be funded!

This is an interesting reflection from James O’Brien on LBC about Sunak being urged to smear Starmer, what issues a smear might cover and why previous attempts haven’t worked. Really worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=haLr8Qf0hio

It happens every GE time tho doesn’t it, one side issuing smears and threats about the other side, unless real substance or new info then nobody really gives a toss.

The Tories did it in the last election, with Jeremy Corbyn. I don’t recall him trying to smear them, he was kept busy dodging bullets from all-comers. It’s much harder to smear Starmer I suspect, he isn’t a soft target.

Remember the ‘evil eyes’ posters made to smear Blair? 😄 Didn’t work, he got into power easily.

They are all as bad as each other in their desperate attempts to get power.

It doesn’t matter to me what they say about each. It won’t make me change my mind about any of them. This sort of thing has been happening during elections for donkeys years.

There is of course no need for Labour to smear the Tories as the horrors of the last 14 years of Tory government speak for themselves.

I think it might have the opposite effect to that intended. It's true that Starmer keeps changing his stance on everything so called him 'Mr Flip-flop' is appropriate. However, personal attacks are juvenile and don't enhance the party doing the name-calling.

Me too!

Sorry - I posted in response to ronib's post saying that she had already posted her postal vote!

Certainly wouldn’t listen or watch anything posted by james o brian the biggest leftie ever known .

Lies, smears and name-calling have always been a part of election campaigns. Candidates behave like children in the playground. Best ignored. Decide which Party represents the values and policies that you adhere to, ignore the personal attacks and smears, and most importantly go out and vote.