Once again, the Conservative Party has pissed off ‘money saving expert’ Martin Lewis, and he was not about to let it slide – especially not as the country voted in the general election.
Martin Lewis: not again!
On Wednesday 3 July he tweeted:
Not again! I have NOT given my permission to be used in political adverts. This is NOT an endorsement by me in any way. I maintain strict party neutrality and am unhappy at the weaponizing of my reputation in this way.
While this isn’t as bad as the first terrible representation…
— Martin Lewis (@MartinSLewis) July 3, 2024
In response to this video that Lil Rishi Sunak posted to his X feed:
Labour’s manifesto doesn’t tell you the full story.
14 hours to stop the Labour supermajority. pic.twitter.com/VuRKFiwi4v
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) July 3, 2024
The Tories are clearly failing to get any real supporters. So they have resorted to cutting up clips of people the public actually like (rather than Tory MP’s) to try and tear the opposition apart. Obviously, it’s not working for them. It seems that if you come for Martin Lewis, the British public will come for you – in their masses:
It seems the @Conservatives have decided to stoop as low as it takes. Who OK’d this advert? https://t.co/dhbb15OAmW
— Peter den Haan (@revpdh) July 3, 2024
Rishi Sunak misquoting a man we trust. No wonder no one trusts Sunak when he misquotes the truth. He is incapable of decency. https://t.co/S4uHOETfvj
— Rowena House (@HouseRowena) July 3, 2024
Sunak messed with Martin Lewis oh he’s so over https://t.co/Pj7Ui7jkuY
— Rach has nearly finished the Sheenathon (@TheBendySlow) July 3, 2024
Has this just come out today? If so, it’s likely Rishi’s team have deliberately left it until the last day before polling to rob you of the opportunity to get it taken down. I hope people see your objections to this video before they’re unduly influenced by it.
— SaraJayne – https://mastodon.social/@sara_jayne67 (@sara_jayne67) July 3, 2024
@RishiSunak @Conservatives, even now, you continue to misrepresent, lie and deceive. Well, the UK sees through you as will be clearly demonstrated over the next 24 hours.
Enough is enough.
— It isn’t just me. (@shirleyanng) July 4, 2024
Here we go again…
Only a few days ago, the Tories put out a hit on Martin Lewis after an absolutely disastrous interview with wet wipe Mel Stride. As the Canary’s Rachel Charlton-Dailey reported on, they claimed he was working for Labour – who the Tories also claim are going to raise taxes.
The Tories cut the video clip so it supposedly showed Martin Lewis talking about Labour raising taxes, obviously missing out the part where he said the same thing about them. The caption of the now-deleted tweet read “they’re not telling the truth”:
The Tories have no friends left – and they’re managing to piss off even our most famous ‘politically neutral’ heroes. What hope is left for a party whose only line of defence is attacking the man who has singlehandedly kept old people warm?
Feature image via the Canary
