Tories come first and second in the Election Whopper poll!

Congratulations to Miriam Cates, the Conservative candidate in the Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency, for topping the poll to find Sheffield’s biggest Election Whopper.

She is reported to have said at the hustings that “Israel isn’t killing civilians, they are killing terrorists.” According to Save the Children “Nearly 15,000  children in Gaza have been killed since October 7th 2023 and 21000 children are missing. Does she really believe all these children are terrorists?

In a strong second place was Conservative candidate for Hallam Isaac Howarth, who  claimed in his election leaflet that “local Conservatives led the charge against what many called Labour’s environmental vandalism during the tree felling scandal.” This is news to all the tree campaigners in Sheffield!

The full results are here

Thanks to everyone who took part in the poll.