Wind power: video reveals Tory MP's contradictory views

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1. Story from two days ago: Tory MP running Corby campaign 'backed rival in anti-windfarm plot'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/nov/13/tory-mp-corby-anti-windfarm-film

Tory MP running Corby campaign 'backed rival in anti-windfarm plot'

• Covert footage reveals MP's links to independent candidate
• Energy minister denies collusion with anti-wind campaigner

Paul Lewis and Rob Evans
The Guardian, Tuesday 13 November 2012 16.18 EST

The Conservative MP running the party's byelection bid in Corby has been secretly filmed apparently supporting the campaign of a rival candidate.

Chris Heaton-Harris, who is campaign manager for the Tories in Corby, was recorded saying he encouraged an anti-wind farm candidate to join the election race against the Tories, adding: "Please don't tell anybody ever."

The footage, covertly recorded by the environmental group Greenpeace, captures the MP saying the independent anti-wind farm candidate, James Delingpole, had announced his candidacy as part of a "plan" to "cause some hassle" and drive the wind issue up the political agenda.

He is also filmed claiming he helped Delingpole by providing him with "a handful of people who will sort him out", including the deputy chairman of his own constituency party, who had stood down and then became the anti-wind candidate's campaign agent.

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The video is on the Guardian website at http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2012/nov/13/chris-heaton-harris-mp-conservative-party-conference-video