The crass arrogance and ignorance of local Conservative candidates has caused further anger amongst the public across Oldham Borough.
Local Conservatives were told in no uncertain terms that using an outdated photo of Oldham councillors – three of whom had sadly died – on leaflets distributed in early April around Crompton and High Crompton was disgusting and likely to cause distress to family members and friends of the deceased.
Now, weeks later, the same image is appearing in leaflets being pushed through letterboxes by the three Conservative candidates in Saddleworth, the home of one of the deceased Councillors, popular former Mayor Derek Heffernan, who died in 2019.
Mick Scholes, Liberal Democrat agent in Saddleworth South Ward is demanding that the Conservative Party immediately cease the distribution of the offensive leaflet.
To add insult to injury, the Conservatives are still to issue an apology to the initial complaint made in April.
“We have had lots of complaints from the public about this and members of Derek’s family are very upset about the matter,” stated Mick Scholes.