A Boris Johnson lookalike scarecrow was temporarily banned from a garden competition after it was branded a ‘political statement’ by council officials.
A Boris Johnson-themed scarecrow was temporarily banned from a garden contest after it was branded a ‘political statement’.
Council chiefs, assessing entries ahead of the results in September, had deemed the creation a ‘political statement’.The scarecrow’s supporters described its removal as ‘poppycock’ ‘Together we decided to do a “Boris” scarecrow – with straw hair, bottle of Bolly, penalty notices, etc – but unfortunately Wiltshire Council decided it was “in poor taste” and “political statements are not allowed on Wiltshire Council property” – so they dumped him behind the shed!
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