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# Conservative candidate blasts "appalling" remarks on Lib Dem General Election leaflet
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/conservative-candidate-blasts-appalling-remarks-on-lib-dem-general-election-leaflet/
- Published: 2019-12-06T14:47:28.000Z
- Updated: 2019-12-06T14:52:10.000Z
- Description: A Conservative candidate has blasted one of his rival for “appalling” personal remarks made about him on campaign literature.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: GE2019, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:18, News

A Conservative candidate has blasted one of his rival for “appalling” personal remarks made about him on campaign literature.

![Michael Fabricant](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fabricant-1.jpg)

Michael Fabricant

A leaflet sent out by the Liberal Democrats backing their candidate Paul Ray sought to outline why he would be better than the area’s long-standing MP Michael Fabricant.

In it, the party said:

> “Being an MP is a serious job. Michael Fabricant has become daft, rude and a caricature.  
>  
> “Lichfield and Burntwood deserve so much better. The time has come for a change.”  
>  
> Liberal Democrat election leaflet

But Mr Fabricant took to social media to criticise the approach of the rival party:

> “The abusive remarks made about me personally in the Lib Dem candidate’s election address are appalling.  
>  
> “This has never happened before and I am pleased that the other candidates have not sunk to this new low.  
>  
> “I know people in the Lichfield constituency won’t like this.”  
>  
> Michael Fabricant

Mr Fabricant said that while he accepted challenges would be made to his views, personal attacks were below the belt.

> “While it is perfectly legitimate to criticise the policies of other parties, it smacks of desperation when candidates criticise each other in their election literature.  
>  
> “The polls will reveal whether this new low is appreciated in the constituency.”  
>  
> Michael Fabricant