Labour’s new stone plinth mocked as a ‘grave’ mistake

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Nick Clegg is among several critics who have criticised Labour’s new stone plinth, which outlines the party’s pledges.

During a rally in Southwark, the Liberal Democrat leader called the slab, labelled as #EdStone on Twitter, as “gravestones”.

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, also questioned the stunt, likening Ed Miliband to Moses:

Who does he think he is? Moses? Future archaeologists will gaze with bafflement at this waste of good stone. pic.twitter.com/DKwDs5Kz4b

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) May 3, 2015

It's like a tombstone. "Here lay a party that thought a great slab of rock was a good idea. RIP"

— Zoe Williams (@zoesqwilliams) May 3, 2015

Ed Miliband acting like Moses today with his pledges cast in stone. 40 years in the wilderness anybody?

— Lee Hurst (@2010LeeHurst) May 3, 2015

Exodus 19:4 And the Lord did spaketh unto Beaker 'You shall inscribeth your half-baked nonsense onto stone.' #EdStone pic.twitter.com/G7BCuIlRKb

— Nonjob (@nonjob1) May 3, 2015