On what is really the first "real" day of electioneering following the closure of nominations, campaigns in North Lincolnshire have got off to a fiery start with the Leader of the Labour Group in North Lincolnshire accusing the tories of breaching election law. On his blog this afternoon, cllr Mark Kirk, Labour leader, accused the tories of printing a claim that Labour councillors voted to increase parking fees. Cllr Kirk refutes this by stating on his blog "not only has there never been a vote on car parking charges, Labour has made a commitment to freeze charges in local car parks for the next four years" Cllr Kirk also states "it is illegal to make or publish a false statement or fact about the personal character or conduct of an election candidate with the purpose of affecting how many votes they get.� This accusation is born out of a war of words currently going on between local Tory MP Andrew Pearcy and Labour Councillor Mick Grant, when earlier in the month Andrew Pearcy challenged Cllr Grant to "Tell the Truth" on his blog, something which he has been doing prolifically of late. It's interesting to see just how quickly the opposing factions have started the mud slinging, lets just hope that Scunthorpe is not branded as another "Woolass" incident and that voters see through the spin and misinformation which accompanies all electioneering. We've had a very quick scan, and can not see what this allegation is based on, however if any readers (including the local Conservatives who read this blog) could post a link to minutes etiher proving or disproving this it would be appreciated, so we can move on and look at real issues making a real difference to people locally.