Conservative candidate in apology after calling Labour rival a "c***"

A Tory candidate made a "big apology" for a "typo" yesterday after using the word "c***" while writing online about his Labour rival.

Richard Graham, Conservative hopeful for Gloucester, blamed lack of proofreading for using the swear word in connection with Parmjit Dhanda, the city's Labour MP.

The hastily-removed opinion piece about expenses said constituents wished to see "some honesty and hard work from their c***".



Writing on his web page yesterday morning, Mr Graham said: "To any reader who read this website early Monday morning, when there were some typos - including a word I never use verbally or in writing - a big apology.

"I wrote it - I don't have staff and nothing I do politically is paid by the taxpayer - and should have proofread it better before publishing late at night."

He explained that the word was meant to have been "councillor".