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Lib Dems - is this even legal?

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WowLibDemLies · 10/12/2019 22:58

Got this propaganda through the door today. Looks like it's from labour, has Alastair Campbell's name attached.

Yet only after reading it several times and discussing with my DH did I realise it was Lib Dem propoganda.

How can this be within the rules?

I am shocked the lib Dems are allowed to do this? It looks like a legit labour plea. It's not.

This is really Bellow the belt lib Dems.

Can the papers pick up on this please and do something? This should not be allowed, surely?

Lib Dems - is this even legal?
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Thethiniceofanewday · 10/12/2019 23:01

Isn’t Campbell backing tactical voting though? I doubt the Lib Dema would use his name and pic like that without his permission.

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WowLibDemLies · 10/12/2019 23:01

Not sure what's happened to my spelling there! Or why the typos!! Sorry!

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ViaSacra · 10/12/2019 23:01

Eh? It’s quite clearly a Lib Dem mailer... it has no Labour branding at all and that isn’t even the Labour colour at the top - it looks orange, not red.

ViaSacra · 10/12/2019 23:02

Actually, who does it say paid for it - it will say at the bottom.

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WowLibDemLies · 10/12/2019 23:02

Well he's defected to the lib Dems now. It's a lib Dems leaflet but made to look like it's fr labour asking you to vote tactically. Surely that cant be ok?

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Thethiniceofanewday · 10/12/2019 23:04

The legal requirement is that somewhere on the letter there must be an ‘imprint’ that says which campaign the leaflet has come from. I got a Tory fake newspaper the other day - in red, thought it was from labour until I realised all the stories were about getting Brexit done!

nancy75 · 10/12/2019 23:04

If you thought it was Labour it’s more of an own goal than anything else, if you read it, liked it & went on to vote Labour because of it then it’s hardly good advertising for the Lib Dems!

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WowLibDemLies · 10/12/2019 23:04

It's the camera that makes it look orange. It is very red in reall life. It's seriously meant to look like it's from the labour party, but it's not. In very fine print at the bottom, it says 'published on behalf of the liberal democrats'

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AnchorDownDeepBreath · 10/12/2019 23:05

I've had these from the Lib Dem's, Tories and Labour this election.

I've never had so much post... and it's all misleading crap.

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WowLibDemLies · 10/12/2019 23:06

Oh my goodness my spelling!! What is going on!! 'real' with one 'l' not two!!!

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Thethiniceofanewday · 10/12/2019 23:06

But what’s the problem? Why are you so angry about it? It’s a message that needs to be read by Labour voters so they’ve put a red stripe on it. Are you a Labour voter feeling deceived?

minipie · 10/12/2019 23:08

Why does it make a difference?

Either you agree with what’s in it or you don’t. Would you agree if it came from Labour but disagree if it came from Lib Dem? Confused

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WowLibDemLies · 10/12/2019 23:08

Yes! Surely it can't be legal to pass your propoganda off as someone else's? This election has been the very worst yet for deceit and under-handedness, and I'm fed up!

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VanyaHargreeves · 10/12/2019 23:09

Random merail to be smug and say I've had none of these this time as I live in a block of flats with a locked security entrance. Canvassers can't get in. Absolute bliss.

Thethiniceofanewday · 10/12/2019 23:09

There was a Tory minister on the news today trying to argue that leaflets in favour of tactical voting should be banned, because they know it’s the only thing left that can hurt their chances of winning.

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WowLibDemLies · 10/12/2019 23:10

minipie - it's the fact that the lib Dems are pretending to be labour that's frustrating!

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BudgieHammockBananaSmuggler · 10/12/2019 23:12

It’s hard to understand why you are angry about this when there is so much propaganda, deception and outright lies on all sides. I think it is pretty clear who has produced the leaflet if that even matters. Not exactly going to excite the tabloid hacks I’m afraid.

TheHeathenOfSuburbia · 10/12/2019 23:13

They haven't nicked any of the Labour fonts, logos or anything so seems ok?

I mean, you see Alistair Campbell and you think, 'Labour', and that's what they're aiming for obvs, but there's no deceptive branding or anything on there.

Did they manage to add a helpful bar chart?!

Thethiniceofanewday · 10/12/2019 23:13

No they aren’t. If they were pretending to be Labour it would have a Labour logo on it and they wouldn’t have put their imprint on it. It’s a perfectly legitimate campaign message urging Labour-leaning voters to think about voting tactically to beat the Tory. You can bet Labour will be doing something similar where they need to squeeze the Lib Dem vote. If you want to get wound up about something the Lib Dems are doing their bar charts are a lot sketchier!

Thethiniceofanewday · 10/12/2019 23:13

Ha! x-post with heathen!

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WowLibDemLies · 10/12/2019 23:15

Budgie - did you really read it and know straight away it was from the lib Dems (or would you have if my post title hadn't given that away!)? It looked a lot like a labour leaflet the first two times I read it!

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Thethiniceofanewday · 10/12/2019 23:15

Do you have a problem with the idea of tactical voting?

nancy75 · 10/12/2019 23:16

Why would they pretend to be Labour? They don’t want you to vote Labour they want you to vote Lib Dem!

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WowLibDemLies · 10/12/2019 23:16

No problem with tactical voting, bit I have a problem with lib Dems pretending to be labour by using Alastair campbell and red branding

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Thethiniceofanewday · 10/12/2019 23:18

Hold the front page, the dastardly Lib Dems have used a colour they aren’t allowed!