Swear-word cock-up in Cornwall

Our place to talk – an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK.

The most-read independent website by and for Lib Dem supporters. Not paid for by trade unions or millionaires.

Advert

Swear-word cock-up in Cornwall

By Stephen Tall | Tue 2nd June 2009 - 9:21 am

Follow @stephentall

Liberal Democrats have apologised after a campaign leaflet was sent out which uses a swear word to describe a Cornish nationalist candidate. The paperwork was distributed on behalf of Anna Pascoe, Lib Dem candidate for Cornwall Council elections on 4 June.

It calls Mebyon Kernow candidate Stuart Cullimore a “greasy-haired twat”. He is considering what action to take.

The Lib Dems are investigating how about 40 of the leaflets were printed and distributed around Camborne. … Ms Pascoe’s agent, Joe Taylor, said it was not an authorised leaflet, but “some kind of prank that’s back-fired”.

He said: “I am absolutely outraged about this myself. What’s particularly distressing is that we took the decision to fight a positive campaign.”

He said he had put out a similar leaflet, of which about 1,700 were printed and checked.

“We think about 40 offending leaflets were distributed by one of our volunteers. It’s a small but extremely busy office. People are coming and going all the time.”

Read more by Stephen Tall .
This entry was posted in News.

Advert

3 Comments

Sara 2nd Jun '09 - 9:33am

I don’t understand the word ‘prank’ in the context of an election campaign. Either it’s sabotage, or it’s an in-house idiot.
Martin Land 2nd Jun '09 - 10:41am

I think Mebyon Kernow should than the idiot who did this for the best publicity they have had in years.
John 2nd Jun '09 - 11:04am

lovely use of ‘cock up’

Post a Comment

Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are. You can read our comments policy in full here. Please respect it and all readers of the site.

To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar.

Your email is never published. Required fields are marked *

Name *

Email *

Website

Comment

Please complete the name of this site, Liberal Democrat ...?

Most Read

Op-eds

The social media ban is illiberal, unworkable, and our stance is the wrong one (Cian Tynan)
Caring doesn’t STOP at 67- so why should Carer’s Support Payment or Carer’s Allowance (Amanda Clark)
WATCH: Charles Kennedy Memorial Lecture (The Voice)
J.M. Keynes “Anything we can actually do, we can afford.” (David Moon)
Mathew on Monday: Banning Under-16s from Social Media is the Wrong Answer (Mathew Hulbert)

Advert

Recent Comments

Steve J Smith
Even Save The Children are against this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S47oBPzphCw TechDirt did a very good piece on it too. There's no evidence that kids ar...
David Warren
Great initiative. I have filled in the questionaire and would urge all other members to do so!...
John Barrett
Until big tech companies are forced to remove dangerous content from their social media platforms children need to be protected, and one way to do that is to st...
Nonconformistradical
" In fact, most rich people employed clever tax avoidance experts to create and find loopholes, and thereby dodge their tax bills." Isn't this justification ...
Chloe
Mick; Debate and discussion lead to a majority of just 23. There's very strong opinions on either side. And parliamentarians should not be giving out emotive ex...