LibDem hopeful in Newton, near St Helens, caught on CCTV removing items from voter’s mailbox

A LibDem candidate in a north-west election has been accused of stealing rival election materials from at least one letterbox in his ward – after being caught on a CCTV camera removing an item that appears to be a Labour leaflet while posting his own:

A local Labour councillor tweeted her opinion of the footage:

Lib Dem candidate for Newton David Smith rifling through peoples letterboxes to take out what we just posted through.

Politics is a tough place to be but this is not acceptable at all.@UKLabour @LibDemPress @LibDems pic.twitter.com/wrDql3uj8d — CllrJeanieBell (@CllrJeanieBell) May 2, 2019

The LibDem candidate could not be reached but the LibDems have been contacted for comment.

SKWAWKBOX view:

With centrist parties languishing on single-figures in voting intention polling in spite of the supposed popularity of their ‘stop Brexit’ position, it seems some of them are showing signs of desperation.

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