You need to go back over a decade to find some lies from the opposition - mainly because they are opposition. In opposition criticism of the party in power comes easily and promises need never be made good. Who remembers these favourites:
- Blair convinced that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction - we are still looking for them
- Brown - no more boom or bust - until the financial crisis
- Liam Byrne in a moment of honesty - there's no money left, we've spent it all
Other than the quite exceptional, all politicians when faced with a choice of lie, brazen it out, or tell the truth and risk political loss will go with one of the first two. I can think of no-one close to, or at the top, of any party that I would describe as exceptional.
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