Conservative’s retaliate over green belt accusation

THE battle for the Henley parliamentary seat continued today with the Liberal Democrats coming under fire from the Conservatives over accusations of hypocracy over the Green Belt.
Today the Conservatives issued the following response to the Lib Dem’s Chief Executive, Lord Rennard’s statement that the Conservative candidate John Howell advises developers who are desperate to build in controversial locations:
“This is just mud-slinging by the Liberal Democrats and it?s the kind of negative campaigning that really turns people off. John Howell has not worked on any projects that involve development on the green belt because he is a campaigner against such developments.
“These desperate smears are nothing more than a classic case of dirty tricks and do nothing to deflect away from John’s fantastic record as champion of the green belt.
“Let’s be clear about who stands for what on the green belt. The Labour government wants to build thousands of homes here. The local Liberal Democrats support them. Only the Conservatives oppose building on the South Oxfordshire green belt.”

Ed. See above for Mark Stevenson, the Green party’s candidate’s respone to this statement.