I was absolutely astonished to come across this leaflet from Labour’s general election candidate in Hornsey and Wood Green, which claims that local house prices are being damaged by Lib Dem campaigning! I struggle to understand what was going on in the mind of the person who wrote this.
Clearly this is nonsense. But even if it were true – does the Labour candidate think that we should keep quiet about the serious failures in Haringey Council for the sake of local house prices? Is she going to contact the Audit Commission and tell them to stop rating Haringey as the worst Council in London, because estate agents don’t like it? What does this say about her priorities?
House prices have crashed in Stroud Green in the recession and many residents are suffering from negative equity, or are unable to even get a mortgage to buy a home. I think the cause of this is more likely to be Gordon Brown’s boom and bust approach to the UK economy, rather than Lynne Featherstone campaigning with residents on important local issues like school funding and the proposed cuts to the Whittington.
I think this leaflet demonstrates the Labour candidate is suffering from a severe case of negative credibility.