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Iain Roberts

Another Tory airbrushing story

By Iain Roberts | Tue 16th March 2010 - 9:36 pm

It seems Conservative politicians can’t stop being airbrushed – always without their knowledge of course.

The Mail has the story of Caroline Dinenage, Conservative candidate for Gosport:

The digital makeover was initially denied by Miss Dinenage, who hopes to replace outgoing MP Sir Peter Viggers – notorious for his duck island expenses claim. ‘By virtue of the fact it’s so big it’s slightly pixelated,’ she insisted. ‘It does look different but it’s not airbrushed.’

But her assistant Glenn Duggan admitted the image had been changed without her knowledge, adding: ‘It has been done to make it more visually attractive for a billboard.

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