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Tory hope for Watford fades as candidate is forced to quit

The Conservative candidate for one of David Cameron's top target seats resigned yesterday, after being arrested over allegations of harassing his opponents.

Councillor Ian Oakley was released on bail by police investigating claims that prominent Lib Dems in Watford, including his rival parliamentary candidate, Sal Brinton, suffered a campaign of poison-pen letters, anonymous late-night phone calls and criminal damage.
The commuter-belt seat, held by Labour's Claire Ward with a majority of just 1,151, is a tight three-horse race between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Tories.

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In a statement issued late yesterday, a party spokesman said: 'As this is now the subject of police inquiries it would be inappropriate for the Conservative party to comment further.' Lib Dem candidates claim to have suffered a string of incidents over more than three years. These include being sent pornographic material in the mail, property and vehicles being damaged, and letters being circulated claiming that Watford councillors were convicted sex offenders.

Rest at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jul/20/conservatives.liberaldemocrats

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1. Not sure if this reply to a Labour blog is a spoof or not!

Kerron Cross is generally considered to be one of Labour's better bloggers (in spite of his fondness for talking about nothing but himself) and a prominent Labour figure in that neck of the woods. I'm not sure if this comment on his blog is actually by Ian Oakley but with hindsight it is interesting.

http://kerroncross.blogspot.com/2006/11/tories-count-on-winning-watford.html

At 6:47 PM, Ian Oakley said...
Hello My lefty comrades. I can assure you my quote was very deliberate. I intend to give 109% while Claire Ward continues to give 9%. As for my sartorial elegance I am not as well dressed as Tony Blair, but then again I don't think I am going to be interviewed by the police either!


At 9:52 AM, Kerron said...
We can arrange it if you like. ;-)