Lib Dems defend 'confusion' over Ageas Bowl leaflets (From Daily Echo)
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Lib Dems defend 'confusion' over Ageas Bowl leaflets
10:16am Friday 15th February 2013 in News
Ageas Bowl in West End
WHILE in control of Eastleigh Borough Council it has been one of the Liberal Democrat’s most controversial policies.
Investing millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money in building a hotel and buying the lease at the home of Hampshire Cricket has sparked a row with opposition parties on the local authority.
So you would have thought that after all that money and all those rows the Lib Dems would have known the current name for the cricket ground.
But yesterday party activists were forced to defend using the old name for the stadium in by-election propaganda.
Leaflets being distributed by the party call the ground the Rose Bowl, despite it being renamed the Ageas Bowl a year ago.
Under the heading ‘Twenty years of delivering for you’ the leaflet states: “Creating 500 jobs and bringing in £50 million into the local economy at the Rose Bowl.” This refers to Eastleigh Borough Council’s committing £30m to a project to build a luxury hotel at the West End ground, along with buying the lease of the stadium for £6.5m.
But exactly a year ago the name changed to the Ageas Bowl following a six-year sponsorship deal with the Eastleigh-based insurance company.
Last night a Liberal Democrat spokesman defended using the old name.
He said: “It’s actually because of local knowledge that while we accept it’s the Ageas Bowl, and it’s something that the borough council can be very proud of, the majority of the people in Eastleigh know it as the Rose Bowl and continue to call it the Rose Bowl.
One resident, who pointed out the name change, said he also found the literature misleading because the 500 jobs and £50m are future projections which have not yet been created or delivered.
Comments(4)
George4th
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11:19am Fri 15 Feb 13
Paramjit Bahia wrote:If Fords Eastleigh could be profitable they would keep it! Why flog a dead horse?!
When did Lib Dem ever tell the truth?
They lied in their manifesto, made pledges including on student fees and NHS etc, and started breaking those immediately after general election.
Promise of 500 jobs to be created by Lib Dem? That is typical Lib Dem trick, trying to sell pie in sky.
Fact: Under Lib Dem and Tory Coalition government hundreds of workers are to lose their jobs at Ford, even bakeries in Eastleigh disappearing shows what they are all about.
Lib Dem priority is to put money in hotel where rich can stay not building council houses where working people may live.
Don't trust Lib Dem vote against them and their equally bad Tory partners.
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The coalition government inherited the worse scenario ever inherited by an incoming government, most of it as a direct result of Labour's mad bad insatiable spending!
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Given the comparisons with other countries in Europe, THE COALITION are doing a great job. 25% unemployment in Spain! Greek pensions half what they were! etc etc. France is in dire trouble too - they are all smoke and mirrors but with over 50% of the working population paid by the Public coffers, they are headed for the buffers!! Italy too!
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As Mervyn King said, UK recovery is in sight but it will be a rocky road!
SotonGreen
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4:05pm Fri 15 Feb 13
I may be stupid, but I am not so stupid to vote for a party that lies so brazenly.
They continue to lie on the subject as seen in Clegg's so called "apology" in which he demonstrated that he was never committed to the policy in the first place and at the first sign of pressure from his new buddies caved on the issue like the gutless idiot he is.
upwherewebelong
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6:27pm Fri 15 Feb 13
SotonGreen wrote:I am usually a floating voter between Liberals and Conservatives but I am being put off by innacuracies in their election leaflets for example.
The liberal democrats lied to be personally and in a public pledge on tuition fees.
I may be stupid, but I am not so stupid to vote for a party that lies so brazenly.
They continue to lie on the subject as seen in Clegg's so called "apology" in which he demonstrated that he was never committed to the policy in the first place and at the first sign of pressure from his new buddies caved on the issue like the gutless idiot he is.
CLAIM: - Liberals in Government have reduced tax by £600.00 - FACT - Liberals AND conservatives have implemented this policy not just Liberals.
CLAIM: Liberals have frozen council tax - FACT: - Eric Pickles (tory) and the coalition agreed to freeze council tax by pumping in hundreds of millions for the whole country.
And those two examples are before I mention the liberal rush to build houses on every bit of land in the borough. 90% of councillors are Liberal so no blame can be levied anywhere else.
I would love to see a revolutionary idea in UK politics rather than blatant untruths why don't ALL parties say why they would be the best party to represent rather than always campaigning on a negative slance.
Paramjit Bahia says...
10:43am Fri 15 Feb 13
They lied in their manifesto, made pledges including on student fees and NHS etc, and started breaking those immediately after general election.
Promise of 500 jobs to be created by Lib Dem? That is typical Lib Dem trick, trying to sell pie in sky.
Fact: Under Lib Dem and Tory Coalition government hundreds of workers are to lose their jobs at Ford, even bakeries in Eastleigh disappearing shows what they are all about.
Lib Dem priority is to put money in hotel where rich can stay not building council houses where working people may live.
Don't trust Lib Dem vote against them and their equally bad Tory partners.