Simon Hughes gets sued

The BBC are reporting that Bob Crow (leader of the RMT) is to sue Simon Hughes (Lib Dem candidate for Mayor of London) for allegedly making a false claim that he has not attended a Transport for London meeting in over a year, for which he is supposedly paid up to £20,000 a year.

It comes as no surprise to me that this is happening. We live in a world of litigation and yet the Lib Dems seem to feel they can say and do anything to get elected. Indeed their own campaigning manual, which they refused to withdraw from sale at their party conference last year, specifically tells them to ‘Be wicked, act shamelessly, stir endlessly’ and also says ‘Don’t be afraid to exaggerate. For example, responses to surveys or petitions are always “massive”. If a council is doing something badly, public expressions are always of “outrage”.’

This story about Simon Hughes, if true, proves that this ethos starts right from the top. That sort of campaigning is also reflected in what I can see of the Lib Dems European Literature in the Eastern Area.

They will get their come-uppance.