Top Tory brands Oxfam “socialist” for wanting to eradicate poverty
Here’s Tim Montgomerie putting the smear strategy outed by the alittleecon blog into action.
Isn’t it fun to see someone point out how a Tory tactic works and then be able to spot it in action – straight away!
Thanks to Tom Pride for reaching the same place on a different trajectory.
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.” (or socialist in this case)
Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara, Catholic Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil.
Conor Burns has wrote to the charity commissioner asking that oxfam are investigated for their ‘attack’ poster. So………I have wrote to the charity commissioner myself saying that I think the poster was very informative and ask that any complaints against Oxfam are ignored!
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/contact-us/general-enquiries/make-a-general-enquiry/contacting-us-online/