Tories caught in awkward contradiction as Corbyn reveals May campaigned to end hospital parking charges
… But only in her own constituency – and she failed!
Now, after Jeremy Corbyn has vowed that a Labour government would end car parking charges at all English hospitals, the Conservatives are saying it can’t be done:
Theresa May campaigned to end hospital car parking fees – despite attacking Labour for announcing the same policy today.
Labour promised today to make car parking free at NHS hospitals in England, for patients, visitors and staff.
The Tory leader [had] said she was “strongly opposed” to the introduction of parking charges at St Marks Hospital, in her Maidenhead constituency.
She promised to “continue to work towards the abolition of these unhelpful charges.”
But a Conservative spokesman attacked the plan, saying the pledge was “not worth the paper it was printed on.”
Source: The Tories attacked Jeremy Corbyn for announcing a policy Theresa May campaigned for
Here’s Mr Corbyn’s immediate – and entirely appropriate – response:
.@Theresa_May won't support our plan to end hospital parking fees, unless it's in her back yard. The Labour Party: for the many, not the few pic.twitter.com/x4pBYL7JRu
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) May 8, 2017
Strong and stable? These Tories can’t even make up their minds about car parking!
But I’ll tell you what: Nothing the Tories say will matter if we all vote Labour on June 8.
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Keep up the good work. You , The canary and i av to say(dont get jell) the skwawkbox.But i know you are all pals. Keep it up. Your message IS getting through.
Why would I be jealous of Skwawkbox? I’m proud of what Steve Walker has achieved.
Hopefully, Corbyn will be successful driving his messages through to the public!
More hypocrisy and dishonesty.