He also joked that he would «check his top pocket» — a reference to
a Conservative election poster showing a miniature Mr Miliband in his breast pocket.
The promise of a clean campaign was slightly marred by the first
Conservative election poster which promised voters «an MP you can trust» - a clear dig at Huhne.
Not exact matches
I wanted to talk about that
Conservative campaign before the
election, which slammed Labour's «death tax» and published that
poster with the image of a grave inscribed with RIP OFF.
His article comes after David Cameron on Friday unveiled the
Conservatives» first
election campaign
poster on a visit to Yorkshire with the slogan «Let's stay on the road to a stronger economy».
«Enoch Powell was often mentioned in evidence, as was the notorious Smethwick
election campaign of 1964 in which a
poster appeared — not distributed by the
Conservatives, but remembered as such — saying «if you want a n **** r for a neighbour vote Labour».
To give one example from the
election campaign, the
Conservatives depicted Miliband as being in the pocket of Alex Salmond and as a puppet on a string held by Nicola Sturgeon, in
posters warning of the dangers of a Labour minority government dependent on SNP support.
The
Conservative poster showing Miliband in Salmond's pocket set the tone for Tory attacks throughout the
election campaign and may well be remembered for a long time to come.
David Cameron has just launched the above
poster as part of the
Conservative campaign for the European Parliament
election.
Interestingly, the
poster was deployed in
Conservative - Liberal Democrat English marginal seats such as Colchester in the 2015
election.
He was speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show days after unveiling the
Conservatives» first campaign
poster for the general
election.
The
Conservatives say they are «firing the starting gun» for May's general
election after launching their first campaign
poster.
«Scottish
Conservatives launch «Don't listen to Labour»
poster Main Following the General
Election on Twitter»