THE Lib Dem candidate in Hazel Grove has offered a “fulsome apology” after making an anti-Liverpool slur while campaigning.
Lisa Smart, who also serves as a Stockport councillor, has come under fire after a video shared online showed Ms Smart out door-knocking when a woman answers who said she is registered to vote in Liverpool.
The Lib Dem candidate responded with a smile: “Ah, understood, so you’ve just been nicking stuff while you’re here.”
The remarks provoked a strong reaction from Paul Athans, the Conservative candidate for Hazel Grove, who was born in Liverpool.
He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that it was evidence of the Lib Dems leading a “a nasty, negative, and misleading” election campaign.
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