Election posters defaced as battle hots up (From Worcester News)
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Election posters defaced as battle hots up
12:00pm Tuesday 4th May 2010 in Local Election News
By David Paine, @davidpaineWN #worcsnews
SIGN: A defaced Peter Luff election sign near Ombersley.
SIGNS and posters are being defaced, destroyed, and stolen across Worcestershire as the election battle hots up.
Conservatives in Mid-Worcestershire and West Worcestershire have had a number of signs targeted.
But some of the West Worcestershire Liberal Democrat signs taken down over the course of last weekend have been found in a field by two people putting up notices about their lost cat.
Peter Luff, who is the Conservative candidate standing in the Mid-Worcestershire seat, has condemned the attack on his signs in Ombersley, Elmbridge and around the Cutnall Green area.
Some of his ‘Peter Luff’ signs have been changed to read ‘Peter Puff’ and others have had the first letter of his surname changed to an ‘M’.
Mr Luff said: “It is a sense of humour I don’t quite share. I am aware of it and believe they have been or are being dealt with.” Mr Luff said it was not as bad as what happened in Inkberrow in 1992 when they were all taken down and a bonfire made of them.
Meanwhile, in West Worcestershire the Conservative party said that about 50 posters have been attacked in Malvern, some up to three times.
Chris Cheeseman, who is vice-chairman of the West Worcestershire Conservative Association, said that a “hooded attacker” has been seen leaving the scene of some incidents.
“If this is vandalism it is vandalism on a scale and with a political dimension not seen in previous general elections, including 2005,” he said.
This follows on from a report in your Worcester News about West Worcestershire Liberal Democrat signs and posters being stolen from peoples’ gardens and properties in Malvern, Tenbury Wells, Hallow and Rushwick over the course of the weekend beginning Saturday, April 24.
However, some signs taken from the field near the Ketch roundabout were discovered on Sunday evening by two people putting up notices urging people to look out for their lost cat.
The found items included a large diamond sign, three small diamond signs and one diamond sign on a stick.
Attempts have been made to put them back on display.
Comments(15)
skychip
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12:04pm Tue 4 May 10
Demigod
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12:11pm Tue 4 May 10
Tulstar
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12:13pm Tue 4 May 10
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A "Hooded Attacker"...? Oh, come on. It's just someone with a sense of humour. I'd hardly call them an "attacker", Mr Cheeseman!
Tulstar
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12:35pm Tue 4 May 10
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Quite an easy surname change there, I think...!
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I'm not advocating it by the way - it's merely a comment ;-)
Malvern
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12:37pm Tue 4 May 10
Unixman
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12:45pm Tue 4 May 10
Tulstar wrote:Robin Walker's signs have been defaced. One at the end of Bath Road (by the St Peter's roundabout) was charmingly covered in swastikas and a certain style of mustache.
Why hasn't anyone done the same to Robin Walker's signs..?
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Quite an easy surname change there, I think...!
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I'm not advocating it by the way - it's merely a comment ;-)
Makes you wonder at the IQ of the idiots who did that.
The sign has now been replaced.
brooksider
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12:50pm Tue 4 May 10
I suppose they are frightened they might hear real people views.
rgdudley
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1:17pm Tue 4 May 10
Doogie 46
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1:20pm Tue 4 May 10
skychip
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2:30pm Tue 4 May 10
MrStJohns
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2:32pm Tue 4 May 10
helen donovan
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3:01pm Tue 4 May 10
Worcestershire funding has NOT doubled as claimed by candidate Mike Foster.
We come 10th from bottom out of 150 authorities, and have had an increase of around 33% since 1997 (everyone else has had much more).
To say funding has doubled is completely UNTRUE.
Tulstar
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3:17pm Tue 4 May 10
helen donovan wrote:An untruth from a Politician, now there's a surprise!
To anyone who watched the BBC Politics Show on Sunday morning at the Guildhall.
Worcestershire funding has NOT doubled as claimed by candidate Mike Foster.
We come 10th from bottom out of 150 authorities, and have had an increase of around 33% since 1997 (everyone else has had much more).
To say funding has doubled is completely UNTRUE.
helen donovan
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7:25pm Tue 4 May 10
Olga
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7:51pm Tue 4 May 10
this is just funny, take it in good spirits and all part of the season.
(I don't have anything to do with the defacing or actually support it, but let's see the funny side!!)
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