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 sinceContinueContinue reading “Tories come first and second in the Election Whopper poll!”
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Vote for the biggest whopper of the Sheffield Election Campaign
There have been lots of whoppers told in this Election campaign in Sheffield. The following are all in the running for the Tell the Truth Sheffield Pinocchio Award. Vote today to help decide who should win the Pinocchio Award! Giorgio Scapinelli, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Scap_-_Pinocchio.jpg Sheffield Conservative Federation Chairman Steven WinstoneContinueContinue reading “Vote for the biggest whopper of the Sheffield Election Campaign”
General Election Hustings
I’ve attended three hustings for the General Election. Thursday’s hustings were by far the most interesting as it was attended by a good cross-section of the candidates from Hallam, Heeley and Central Constituencies. On the panel were Olivia Blake (Labour Hallam), Mick Suter (TUSC Heeley), Alison Teal (Independent, Central), Shaffaq Mohammed (Lib Dem Hallam), IsaacContinueContinue reading “General Election Hustings”
