Labour write to CPS over Tories’ ‘pay per mile’ Sadiq Khan attack leaflet

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1. The Tory campaign for London Mayor appears to be run by teenagers over dosed on red bull with no knowledge or concern for electoral law.

2. > In their letter to the CPS, Labour wrote: “It is apparent that Ms Hall, in falsely implying that Mr Khan plans to introduce a “pay per mile” scheme, is suggesting that by voting for Mr Khan, electors may be caused financial loss as a result.

   > “This is a clear attempt to induce persons not to vote (or not to vote for Mr Khan) on the basis of that prospective financial loss, which therefore engages the Section 114A offence, with reference to subsection 4 (d).”

   I support Sadiq Khan tackling air pollution, but this is mad. Here’s the law:

   https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/114A

   Seems pretty obvious it’s talking about a direct threat to lose money as a punishment for not voting for a candidate.

   It possibly should be illegal for candidates to put out deceptive messaging, by pretending to be local newspapers or penalty notices or whatever, but that isn’t what this law does. And you can’t make it illegal to say that Labour or the Conservatives will raise taxes even if they say they won’t!

3. What else would we expect from Susan Hall, considering that she’s a Trump supporter?

4. God I wish we actually had a viable alternative to Sadiq (who is a total failure of a mayor)