Worried about the narrative that the Conservatives were in chaos over their commitments to cutting spending, they have launched a web campaign to hit back.

But the campaign doesn’t work properly and may have wasted thousands of pounds already.

CCHQ has launched a website called ‘Labour Chaos on Cuts‘, which highlights conflicting quotes by Cabinet ministers on spending commitments.

Curiously they failed to clarify their own position on how much they planned to cut spending and wreck Britain’s nascent economic recovery.

Along with a website and a quick video filmed with Boy George (which has had a massive 247 views), they also launched a Google Adwords campaign.

Anyone searching Google for “spending cuts” will see a Google ad leading to the website.

Except, when you click on the link, the page comes up blank.

Ooops! Who’s going to pay for the hundreds, possibly thousands of pounds wasted?

Snap! Left Foot Forward also notice Tory web failure.

Update By about 5:30pm the Tories had sorted out their technical error.

Libdems have joined the fray with a statement by Vince Cable:

Labour and the Tories are accusing each other of being confused and contradictory on the economy, and they’re both right. The fact that they insist on this political bun fight shows they have failed to understand that the British public and the markets want a clear picture of what the next Government will do.

The Liberal Democrats are the only party that has had a consistent approach.

We’ve been very open about the scale of cuts required and setting out where our priorities would be, while recognising that the timing must be decided by the strength of the economy. That is why we have set out five tests for when and how we start to cut.

via LibdemVoice

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