The Barnet Bugle has posted
the latest election leaflet published by the Conservatives in advance of the
Brunswick Park by-election, to be held on 31st May 2012.
On the front page of the
leaflet is a very clear message stating definitively that parking will remain
free at both the Osidge Lane and Brunswick Park Road municipal car parks.
But
the Barnet Times today reports that Cllr Dean Cohen has not yet made a decision
whether these two car parks will remain free. He told the paper that a decision
would not be made until next week.
So if a decision has not yet
been taken about Osidge Lane and Brunswick Park Road, it means that the
Conservatives are distributing election leaflets with statements that they know
to be untrue. Councillors now receive a minimum basic
allowance of £10,597. It is arguable, therefore, that by publishing a false
statement with the intention of procuring sufficient votes to win the contest, the
Conservative candidate is seeking to gain a pecuniary advantage by deception.
How fortuitous for the Tories
that Labour are so totally inept, they probably won’t complain.
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