Labour retreat over Crewe 'Tory toff ' jibe; Class war: Labour supporters in top hat and tails mock the Tory candidate in Crewe last week.

The Daily Mail (London, England) | May 19, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: Michael Lea

LABOUR is to scale down its 'class war' attacks on the Tories beforeThursday's crucial Crewe by-election - after polls showed the tactic isbackfiring.

The party's high command has been split by a high-risk strategy to mock theConservative candidate as a 'toff who lives in a mansion'.

Cabinet ministers tried desperately to rein in the negative campaigningyesterday as a poll suggested Labour's 7,078 majority would be overturned onThursday.

The ICM survey in the once-safe Labour seat of Crewe and Nantwich indicatedthat ...

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