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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Letter

No policies mentioned in Tories’ election letter, just Brexit and Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn at the Labour party’s manifesto launch.
Jeremy Corbyn at the Labour party’s manifesto launch. His name featured in a Conservative party campaign letter 10 times, compared to just three mentions of Theresa May. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/EPA

This morning my wife and I received letters from the Tories (Theresa May) urging us to use our postal votes for her. (My wife’s copy had the wrong name on it.) This missive contained Theresa May’s name three times, her photograph and her signature. It mentioned Jeremy Corbyn 10 times, our sitting Tory MP (and cabinet minister) twice.

The word Brexit was included 14 times, Brussels twice. It said that negotiations would be carried out by (in her words) “me or Jeremy Corbyn”. There was no mention of any policy or how voting Tory would benefit either the country or anyone living here. I was left confused. Do I live in the Brexit constituency of outer Brussels and is Jeremy Corbyn the Tory candidate I should be voting for?
Eric Skyte
Ashtead, Surrey

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