Online skullduggery may be afoot. The Labour party was accused today of preparing a "desperate dirty tricks campaign" after the discovery that it had apparently registered three websites in the name of Tory leader Michael Howard (this is his official site).
Chris Moncrieff, one of the Press Association news agencies' most respected, veteran political reporters, revealed that on Michaelhowardmp.org, Michaelhowardmp.net and Michaelhowardmp.org.uk, the registrant is "the Labour party".
Tory MP Michael Fabricant, shadow minister for industry and technology, told PA: "It is quite clear that they are planning to mount a desperate dirty tricks campaign." So far there has been no official reaction by the Labour party, which said it was looking into the claims. Throwing up the first of the conspiracy theories, perhaps Labour thinks Mr Howard's daliance with compassionate conservatism has pushed him to the point of defecting? Does anyone have a crazier idea?
