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A Conservative candidate has apologised for "doctoring" a photo of him campaigning for an asylum seeker. Dorset South candidate Ed Matts was pictured carrying a photo of an asylum seeker, next to Ann Widdecombe holding a placard saying "let them stay".
In the "doctored" version, Mr Matts has a placard saying "controlled immigration" and Ms Widdecombe has one saying "not chaos and inhumanity". The undoctored original showed him protesting, holding a photo of Verah Kachepa, a Malawian asylum seeker from Weymouth who has been threatened with deportation.
In a statement, Mr Matts said: "I apologise for making a foolish mistake - I had no intention of causing any embarrassment. However, being involved in an individual asylum case is not inconsistent with the Conservative view that Britain's asylum system is in urgent need of attention."
But the priest who helped organise the campaign to stop Mrs Kachepa's deportation told BBC News Mr Matts' actions had been "shocking". Father Philip Dyson, of St Augustine's Catholic Church, said: "To airbrush it out and make it almost the opposite is terrible. To do that is deceitful. It has done him no good."
Bron: BBC News.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 00:25
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