Bogus Howard websites

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Labour was accused of preparing a "desperate dirty tricks campaign" after the discovery that the party has apparently registered three websites in the name of Michael Howard, Leader of the Opposition.

They are Michaelhowardmp.org, Michaelhowardmp.net and Michaelhowardmp.org.uk. In each of these websites the registrant or "admin organiser" is given as "The Labour Party". The Tory leader's official website is Michaelhowardmp.com.

Tory MP Michael Fabricant, shadow minister for industry and technology, who discovered the sites, told PA News: "I do not believe the Labour Party have registered these websites in Mr Howard's name in order to sell them back to him. That would be bad enough. Is the plan, therefore, to misrepresent Mr Howard?"