The Conservative Party has been accused of more ‘dirty tricks’ after creating a website which at first glance looks like it belongs to their political rivals.
Negative headlines about the Labour leader and a message near the top saying it is a ‘website by the Conservative party’ means it’s easy enough to see who’s really running it. But Matthew Lesh, head of research at neoliberal think tank the Adam Smith institute wasn’t convinced people would fall for it.Only this week the Conservative Party came under fire forduring ITV’s election debate between Corbyn and Boris Johnson.
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