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Ditch Labour's government-by-fear. Vote with your hopes.
Over the last few weeks we have seen the true Labour come out - campaigning by fear, whether founded, misrepresented or (sadly, more often than not) just downright false.
Fear of going even further off the economic rails. Fear of losing SureStart. Fear of paying more tax. Fear of paying less tax. Fear of the poor losing benefits. Fear of rich the losing benefits. Fear of losing the NHS. If you're a cancer patient, fear of death. Fear of terrorism. Fear of the Tories. Fear of the Liberal Democrats.
Labour have overseen few things that have been as effectively executed as their instillation of fear in the electorate. George Monbiot in the Guardian puts it succinctly: New Labour is a parasite. A vote for them is born of fear, not hope. I think we shouldn't be voting with our fears, but with our hopes.
We shouldn't be voting to stop something from happening, but to make something happen.
Good luck on May 6th - hopefully your own hopes will be achieved.
