Tory spending cut ad disarray

Left Foot Forward reported this morning on Labour’s press conference where the confusion over Conservative spending cut plans were laid bare.

The Tories attempted to retaliate this afternoon with Craig Elder, Online Communities Editor, tweeting at 12.46:

“How we’re using social media and Google ads to highlight Labour’s backfiring attack on spending cuts: http://twitpic.com/10uotg #LabourChaos”

Tory-Google-ads
But the chaos appears to be in the Conservative camp. When you click on the “Labour chaos on cuts” Google ad shown in the pic above you link to … a blank page.

The lack of substance in the Tory spending cut ad is clearly an allegory for their own spending cut plans.

UPDATE 16.14

Liberal Conspiracy have also noticed this cock up. Sunny Hundal asks, “Who’s going to pay for the hundreds, possibly thousands of pounds wasted?”

UPDATE 16.37

Big sigh of relief in CCHQ as the google ad has now been restored. As tweeted by ConwayW:

“@johnprescott @leftfootfwd The Tories flash google ad working now but enjoyable while it lasted”

http://twitter.com/randomsociety/status/8503854959 Su Mih Nao

RT @stuartbruce RT @leftfootfwd D Tory's flash google ads take U straight through 2 a blank page! Whoops http://jrn.rs.0sp.in #toryfail
http://twitter.com/m4tth3wg/status/8503884607 Matthew Gregg

RT @leftfootfwd The Tory's google ads take you straight through to a blank page! http://bit.ly/b6s9Uw (like labour could do any better)
http://twitter.com/jessica_asato/status/8503897416 Jessica Asato

RT @leftfootfwd: The Tory's flash google ads take you straight through to a blank page! Whoops http://bit.ly/b6s9Uw
http://twitter.com/emmagillan/status/8503940820 Emma Gillan

RT @JohnPrescott: Another #ToryAdFail RT @leftfootfwd The Tory's flash google ads take you straight through to a blank page! Whoops http://bit.ly/b6s9Uw
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2010/02/01/scared-tories-run-spending-cuts-ads-that-dont-work/ Liberal Conspiracy » Tories waste money on ‘cuts’ ads that don’t work

[...] Left Foot Forward also notice Tory web [...]
http://twitter.com/isaacism/status/8504099998 isaac kurira

RT @JohnPrescott: Another #ToryAdFail RT @leftfootfwd The Tory's flash google ads take you straight through to a blank page! Whoops http://bit.ly/b6s9Uw
http://twitter.com/bencooper86/status/8504283093 Ben Cooper

RT @JohnPrescott: Another #ToryAdFail RT @leftfootfwd The Tory's flash google ads take you straight through to a blank page! Whoops http://bit.ly/b6s9Uw
Jayu

You should encourage as many people as possible to click the link. As every time someone clicks on the link the Tory party have to pay Google. That is unless the connections they have with Google allow them free advertising.
http://twitter.com/conwayw/status/8504360376 ConwayW

RT @leftfootfwd: The Tory's flash google ads take you straight through to a blank page! Whoops http://bit.ly/b6s9Uw
http://twitter.com/mcgregormt/status/8504610310 Matthew McGregor

Yikes RT @BevaniteEllie: RT @leftfootfwd The Tory's flash google ads take you straight through to a blank page! Whoops http://bit.ly/b6s9Uw
j locke

the link works for me check your browser…!
http://twitter.com/geswan/status/8504951989 GESwan

RT @JohnPrescott: Another #ToryAdFail RT @leftfootfwd The Tory's flash google ads take you straight through to a blank page! Whoops http://bit.ly/b6s9Uw
http://twitter.com/tvipayitforward/status/8508548973 TVI Pay It Forward

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