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Originally published by East Midlands Liberal Democrats
Michael Mullaney PPC for Bosworth issued a Press Release yesterday (Tuesday) morning - "Bosworth's MP slammed for "Utterly ridiculous" interview on astrology"
By the evening it had gone National with articles in:
- The Mirror - "Tories plan to consult ASTROLOGY to save the NHS"
- The Telegraph - "I know what would solve crisis in the NHS, says Tory MP: astrology"
- The Huffington Post - "David Tredinnick, Tory MP, Says NHS Doctors Could Use Astrology To Treat Patients"
- Metro - "Tory MP urges doctors to use astrology to treat patients, says non-believers are 'racist'.
- The Daily Mail - "Tory MP claims ASTROLOGY can solve health service crisis by taking pressure off doctors and nurses"
The Front Page of the Mirror quotes Michael Mullaney, Liberal Democrat PPC for Bosworth:
A baffled political opponent blasted the claims as "utterly ridiculous". Michael Mullaney, a Lib Dem who is standing against the Tory at the election, said: "We need an MP who will speak up on the importance of employment, decent wages, pensions, improving the education system, transport issues and saving green spaces.
"What we don't need is an MP who is making our area a laughing stock with his utterly ridiculous obsession with astrology."
The Telegraph comments:
Liberal Democrat councillor for Hinckley Michael Mullaney, who is standing against Tredinnick in the General Election, said: "Will Mr Tredinnick ever stop?
"With all his talk about astrology he is letting local people down by denying them a voice in Parliament on the big issues.
"We need an MP who will speak up on the importance of employment, decent wages, pensions, improving the education system, transport issues, saving green spaces.
"What we don't need is an MP who is making our area a laughing stock with his utterly ridiculous obsession with astrology."
The Huffington Post said:
In response, Liberal Democrat Michael Mullaney, who is opposing Tredinnick in May's General Election, said: "Will Mr Tredinnick ever stop? With all his talk about astrology he is letting local people down by denying them a voice in Parliament on the big issues."
He went on: "We need an MP who will speak up on the importance of employment, decent wages, pensions, improving the education system, transport issues, saving green spaces. What we don't need is an MP who is making our area a laughing stock with his utterly ridiculous obsession with astrology."
Metro wonders:
If Mr Tredinnick's horoscope predicted the response to his comments.
Liberal Democrat Michael Mullaney said that Tredinnick was 'letting local people down by denying them a voice in Parliament on the big issues' while one Twitter user said he would find him 'hilarious, if he wasn't in a position to do untold amounts of harm'.