Neil Hopcroft

I’ve just received my election communication from Jim Paice, my Conservative candidate. Four out of five ‘stories’ in the communication start:

“Under Labour violent crime has risen….”
“Labours bulldozers threaten…”
“Labour has forced up council tax bills…”
“Labour has failed on A14…”

The fifth is a story about how Labour support travellers in their fight against eviction.

Now, maybe I’m missing the point here but this seems to me to be a call to “vote for me, ‘cos we’re not as bad as them”. There is no mention of what he believes, hardly any mention of conservative policies, and those that are mentioned are certainly not things that in any sense appeal to me.

Please, all potential politicians, I want good stuff from you, not reports of how bad the other lot are.