Tory flyer claims Labour brought hepatitis to Dudley

Council candidate Kamran Razzaq suspended
as party investigates ‘bizarre’ campaign leaflet

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Leaflets promoting Kamran Razzaq as a candidate for the Cradley
and Wollescote ward in the 3 May local elections compared the local
Conservative party’s achievements in office with those of
Labour.

Regenerating Cradley, building a new leisure
centre and introducing two hours of free parking in council car
parks are among the Tory majority’s supposed triumphs.

Meanwhile, Labour councillors are credited with
two less-wholesome achievements: “hepatitis” and the “decline of
our area”.

The allegation “appears to refer to an outbreak of the
disease at a primary school within the Cradley and Wollescote
ward”, HuffPost reports. The ward’s three current
councillors belong to the Labour party.

The unorthodox missive quickly went viral on
social media, where it was met with incredulity:

Pete Lowe, leader of the local Labour party,
told HuffPost the leaflet was “the most bizarre I have ever seen in
30 years in politics”, adding: “Words fail me.”

Razzaq has now been suspended pending an
internal party investigation.

The news comes weeks after Conservative party
literature once again made the headlines for the wrong reasons when
south London pensioners received a letter from the party addressed to “Mr
Fuckingjoking”.