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Originally Posted by Gayle
To be honest, I don't really care that much about your answer, all I'm trying to prove is the spin is on both sides and they're both using 'facts' to support their campaigns.
The word 'bankrupt' or 'near bankrupt' is very emotive phrase when in fact they were not near bankrupt, yes they had a deficit but at no point near bankruptcy. Also, the Council was in debt when the Conservatives were in last, admittedly nothing to repair it when Labour were in but in debt nontheless.
You may have an argument with the Labour leaflet but it's using legitimate figures taken from a reputable source whilst the Conservative leaflet is using emotional phrasing and claiming Central Government initiatives as their own. So let's face it - both as bad as each other and draw a line under it.
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The clear difference being the Labour leaflet had completely misleading figures where as the Conservative ones told it how it was, the council were massively in debt and this has now been turned around.
The energy thing was not central government, read Jaysay's response.