Tories thrash Brit Government for failing games trade

The British Conservative Party's issued a withering attack on Gordon Brown's cabinet for failing the UK games industry after the WTO failed to uphold claims of unfair business practices by the Canadian Government.

"The Government's strategy for videogames has been shown to be nothing more than a sham," said Ed Vaizey MP, shadow videogames spokesman. "For months, whenever we have pressed the Government for action, they have used the excuse that the issue had been referred to the WTO. Now they no longer have this excuse.

"As the games industry itself says, the Government now 'stands naked, bereft of a credible fiscal policy with which to support the sector,'" he added.

Canadian tax breaks are at the root of all the bother, incentives, the UK games trade says, that are causing a decline in the British industry.

"The Government must act now to support an industry that is world-beating, job-creating and at the heart of our creative industries," continued Vaizey.

"After nine reviews of the creative industries, and eight more in the pipeline, the Government's dithering has now been exposed as causing real damage."