I have been sent the below incident….
The Whittlesey Lattersey By-election has seen support among candidates for one another, with no bad feelings or words.
It is very disappointing then that an incident involving a campaign leafleter today had to be reported to the police. The leafleter was verbally abused as the leafleter turned back to make their way back past a house that they had leafleted on the Taylor Wimpey estate.
The female leafleter remained polite and calm. Yet the male aggressor later followed the leafleter in his vehicle and continued to shout verbal abuse in a threatening manner.
The man’s name, address, vehicle and photo/video evidence has been submitted to the police.
Political parties are lawfully allowed to leaflet, canvass and campaign during election periods and should not be subject to abuse.
