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Olly Robbins has undermined one of TM's central claims, but this is just a specific example of a wider truth: it's almost never a good idea to build a governing strategy around saying something that isn't true - government is too big and the truth will out somehow
As well as failing in your immediate aim you also undermine your own credibility and that of politics in general - better to confront the truth and build an robust argument that will last
Other examples: Gordon Brown refusing to acknowledge there would be cuts; the 'tens of thousands' immigration target
