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Three business leaders distance themselves from pro-Tory letter

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Post by Irn Bru Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:56 pm

Three business leaders have distanced themselves from a letter that warned of the risks of a Labour government following concerns that their views, or those of their companies, had been misrepresented as a political endorsement of the Tories.

Lord Bilimoria, the independent cross-bench peer, told the Guardian that he was “unhappy” that the letter, which first appeared in the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday, gave the impression that he was a Conservative party supporter.

The chief executive of the drugs giant AstraZeneca and the newly appointed chief executive of Ladbrokes have distanced their companies from the letter.

The development is embarrassing for the Conservatives, who saw the letter as a way of exposing Labour’s difficulties in attracting the support of big business.

The party has also been forced to admit it helped to organise the letter – a fact it had been reluctant to confirm on Wednesday.

Bilimoria, who co-founded Cobra Beer, said: “The letter gives the impression that those who have signed it are Conservative party supporters. I am absolutely not a Conservative party supporter, I am a cross-bench peer.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/02/astrazeneca-and-ladbrokes-withdraw-support-for-pro-tory-election-letter

Oh dear, it looks like the Tories have been up to their old tricks and those that signed this letter may not have been fully aware of what they were signing up to.

Or are they just thick?

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Post by Guest Thu Apr 02, 2015 11:13 pm

Oh dear, more Tory wiggles.

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Post by Irn Bru Fri Apr 03, 2015 12:25 am

risingsun wrote:Oh dear, more Tory wiggles.

The Tories organised the letter

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Post by Guest Fri Apr 03, 2015 12:28 am

Well, I hope they are going to declare the cost of a front page advert in The Daily Telegraph!

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