The Lies and Broken Promises of
'Call me Dave' and 'Calamity Clegg'

Dave's Broken Promises

The Conservative party have broken over 30 election promises since being elected in 2010.

For Example:

* David Cameron promised to abolish the Human Rights Act and put a new British Bill of Rights in its place. As we all know to England's cost, the Human Rights Act remains very much in force and is abused daily by foreign criminals to avoid deportation.

* Throughout the 2010 General Election campaign, David Cameron repeatedly stated that his party had absolutely no plans to raise VAT. Six months later, the Tories increased VAT from 17.5% to 20%.

* David Cameron's promise to reduce immigration to tens of thousands lies in tatters. It has been revealed that the number of immigrants coming to Britain in 2010 totalled 575,000, an increase of 21% over 2009.

Remember this? 

Nick Clegg in Cambridge with his pledge not to increase tuition fees during the 2010 General Election campaign.

The poster reads

I Pledge,

TO VOTE AGAINST 

ANY INCREASE IN FEES

in the next parliament

and to pressure the

government to introduce

A FAIRER ALTERNATIVE

In December 2010, just 6 months after the General Election, MPs voted on whether to allow universities to increase tuition fees up to £9,000 p.a.

323 MPs voted for the increase, 302 voted against.

The rise in fees was approved by just 21 votes.

Of the Liberal Democrat MPs, 28 voted with the Government to increase fees, 21 voted against and eight abstained.

Without the support of the 28 Liberal Democrat MPs the government would have lost the vote.

The Lib-Dems lied about an EU referendum

In the run up to the 2010 General Election, the Lib-Dems called for a referendum on the EU.

Here is the petition launched by the Liberal Democrats for a referendum on EU membership.

The Liberal Democrats believe we should have a real vote on Europe – whether we should be in Europe or out.

We have been blocked from having a vote on this in Parliament, and all the Conservatives are proposing is a limited referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

However, the public back our position by a margin of 2:1: twice as many people think a referendum should be on whether we stay in Europe or not rather than only on the Lisbon Treaty.

We want that real referendum because if Britain is to stride forward confidently into the 21st century and tackle global issues like climate change and terrorism, we need to decide once and for all whether our future lies within the European Union, or outside it.

On Monday 24th October, when Parliament voted on whether to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, the only Liberal Democrat MP who supported a referendum was Adrian Sanders (Torbay).

50 Liberal Democrats including Nick Clegg opposed the motion.

The Lib-Dems have broken their promises on major policies that affect millions of people. Hundreds of thousands of cash-strapped students have seen their tuition fees trebled because the Lib-Dems backtracked on their election pledge.

When Lib-Dem MPs backtracked on a pledge to support a referendum on the EU, they sought to deny the British people a say in their own future.

The Liberal Democrats are a party who will say anything to get elected and can no longer be trusted. The only sensible option is to shun their candidates at election time.