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Article: LABOUR 'DIRTY TRICKS' EXPOSED; Secret bid to slur Michael Howard over his 'drug dealer relative' and'passport favour for Petronella'.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 4, 2005
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Byline: JASON BEATTIE
LABOUR is using the new Freedom of Information Act to mount a pre-election campaign against Michael Howard.
An internal party document shows Labour is trawling Whitehall records to try to discredit the Tory leader.
The "dirt digging" operation is attempting to revive old claims that the Opposition leader, when he was Home Secretary, might have helped a relative who was a drug dealer.
The confidential document shows Labour is organising a campaign in which gay activists, MPs and the antigun lobby are mobilised to request private papers relating to Mr Howard's time in government.
The disclosure comes amid a ...