Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith states Tories imposed too much regulation when they were in power – UK politics live

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He stated the Conservatives did did too much to restrict economic freedom when in power Yesterday, as a gimmick, the Tories were handing out “Bottler Burnham” bottles of water (“0% strength”) to make a point about Burnham supposedly cancelling plans for an early election under pressure from the Tories. The report also notes that It is a version of a stunt they pulled in 2008 when they gave journalists bottles of a “Bottler Brown” beer. (Gordon Brown did pull plans for an early election at the last minute; this time the jibe is unfair, because there were no Burnham plans for an early election.) The new bottles feature the image of Burnham produced by the Manchester artist Stan Chow . The SNP’s effective ban on new nuclear energy in Scotland flies in the face of common-sense. No part of Great Britain should be missing out on plans for new nuclear renewal.

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