Letter: Some advice on tactics
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: I was interested in your reaction to Vanessa Redgrave's decision to vote for me and Bruce Kent's negative response (letter, 21 April). I have to tell him that Ms Redgrave is just one of a large number of people here who have realised that there is no point in voting Labour as they won't make any difference on the issues they consider important. In her case, these are human rights issues; for others it is investment in education or the health service. In each case, the only real difference is between the old parties on the one hand and the Liberal Democrats on the other.
I had a lot of sympathy for tactical voting campaigns at the last election in seats like ours. However, GROT's intervention this time is irrelevant. Everyone knows that the Tories are going to lose here and the debate has moved on to who we want to replace them. Voters must choose between honesty, investment in public services and commitment to human rights on the one hand and a lot of vacuous waffle on the other.
GARETH HARTWELL
Candidate, Brentford and Isleworth Liberal Democrats
Isleworth, Middlesex
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