Was Lucy Powell’s stone pledge gaffe taken out of context?
She say’s that it was but her words are pretty clear: ““I don’t think that anyone is suggesting that the fact that he has carved them in stone means that, you know, he’s absolutely, you know, not going break them or anything like that.”
The full exchange is now online so you can judge for yourself.
The Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps has taken the opportunity to take a pop at Ms Powell. He said: “£30,000 worth of limestone doesn’t change the fact that Ed Miliband will say one thing and do another.
“Labour’s campaign is crumbling thanks to Ed Miliband and bungling Lucy Powell – they’re just not up to the job”