"Save Christie Hospital"

The Lib Dems in Manchester Withington have already issued one Cancer Scare during this campaign. That took the form of a targeted leaflet on Ovarian Cancer which provided scary statistics but omitted most of the key information. It also omitted to praise the leading Cancer Hospital and University Reserch Units that operate in the consituency.

They have now addressed this omission by launching a scare story. They say that the Christie Hospital is under threat.

Testicular cancer patients may wish to turn away at this point. This is absolute bollocks. The Christie has seen increasing investment, more doctors, more nurses under Labour. The Head of the Hospital Trust is adamant that this Lib Dem campaign is based on a damn lie. There is no threat to his hospital whatsoever.

Apart that is from Tories. And, according to the Orange Book schism, from the Lib Dems too.

This morning I met with North West Development Agency to trouble shoot IDEA Centre matters. My friend John who runs various managed workslaces was involved. He is also a patient at Christies. After the meeting he showed me the Lib Dem leaflet. A3, full colour, full of fibs.

Staff at the Hospital, where this nonsense was displayed in reception areas for vulnerable patients, binned this rubbish immediately.

The Lib Dem candidate for Cheadle, Patsy Calton is a patient at the hospital living with a very serious condition. Will these Lib Dems stop at nothing to trick their way into positions of power?

Two cancer scares in one campaign. That really is low.

We pop into Keith Bradley's campaign HQ. They have seen the leaflet but are shocked that it is being foisted directly on vulnerable cancer patients. After lunch I dash off some letters to the papers.