A LABOUR election hopeful has urged Liberal Democrats to back him if they want to defeat the Conservatives in Meriden.Ed Williams spoke after a furore over Labour calls for backing from Lib Dems.
Yesterday, The Daily Mirror newspaper called for Labour to back the Lib Dems in Solihull where incumbent Lib Dem Lorely Burt is defending a 279 majority.
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Mr Williams is fighting Tory MP Caroline Spelman, MP since 1997.
He wrote on his website: “Out on doorstep today. People confused about idea of voting tactically. Last election Labour polled 15,407 votes, Lib Dem 7,113. That’s 33.1% of the vote v 15.3%. Only Labour can beat Mrs Spelman.
“Have had really fun day meeting Mums at school gates and outside nursery centres. This was in Tory wards, lots of friendly smiles and interest in Labour. A lot of undecideds. I would be worried if I was David Cameron.”
And he said there is ‘still everything to fight for’ and wrote: “We are in a fight for fairness against a Tory Party whose policies show it to be the same old Tories.”
He wrote: “Talking to many of you on the doorstep, there seems to be a real resistance to a Conservative government.
“We remember what happened the last time, with record interest rates, the repossessions, the dreadful state of our public services. The NHS was on its knees.”
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