In the wake of Coffee House’s Brownies campaign, numerous commenters have been imploring the opposition parties to undermine Gordon Brown’s little porkies. Take, for instance, CoffeeHouser Mike O’Callaghan’s recent suggestion:
On this front, the “Government by gimmick” paper that the Tories released today is a step in the right direction. It dissects 26 of Brown’s policy announcements which have “grabbed the headlines” but “amounted to nothing”. After Jack Straw’s interview in the Guardian today, the prisons entry is especially pertinent:“Each week Brown is allowed to provide statistical lies and seemingly gets away with it although anyone with an ounce of intelligence is not fooled. Can I suggest a tactical ploy for Cameron. Each week analyse the Brown statistical lies and the following week ask him specific questions relating to those figures. When Brown is unable to back the figures up he loses credibility. This tactic would allow the public once and for all to pick up on the lies being told.”
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