Lib Dem leader drops a gaffe bomb in Scotland Iain McGill, Edinburgh North & Leiths Scottish Conservative Candidate for the British General Election, says:
“The Liberal Democrats have gone from second place at the last election to a distant fourth in Scotland , and are becoming increasingly desperate as a result. Today Nick Clegg, who only yesterday was talking about a new type of politics, deliberately tried to mislead people on Conservative policies on VAT. The Conservatives have clearly laid out our plans for the economy, and they do not involve raising VAT. The Conservatives have no plans to raise VAT.
“What makes this even more ridiculous is that Vince Cable has repeatedly stated that the Lib Dems are not ruling out rises in VAT. In fact, only last week he said in the live Chancellors’ debate:
‘You can’t rule it out but we’re not proposing it and we think actually it’s a cop out because we’ve got to focus on spending which got to levels which weren’t supportable with the level of tax revenue we had.’
“All this poster shows is how out of touch the Liberal Democrats are in Scotland . It is no wonder they have gone from second to fourth place. The Conservatives in Scotland on the other hand are on the up and up.”
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