Jeremy Hunt’s constituency office in Surrey has been vandalised with graffiti saying “die Tory scum” on the eve of his spring budget statement.
Police are investigating after the front door and two windows of the chancellor’s local office in Hindhead were defaced.
A spokesperson for Surrey police said: “Officers were called following reports of criminal damage at a property on Tilford Road in Hindhead, which is believed to have taken place between 8pm and 9pm on Monday 4 March.
“If anyone has any information that could help our investigation, including any CCTV, dashcam or helmet cam footage, please contact us via live chat on our website quoting PR/45240025530.”
Lisa Nandy, the Labour MP and shadow international development secretary, recently spoke of how she carried a police alarm with her everywhere and only saw her constituents by appointment.
The Commons speaker also spoke of his deep concern about the security of MPs being a factor in his decision to break with precedent and allow Labour to table a vote during an SNP debate calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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Whilst also signalling to anyone who may have thought that they could get into politics to push back against Tory policies and actually try to make the world a better place.
Not that I'm approving of the possible death threat element, but I suppose if you were trying to make the world a better place, on the whole people are less likely to feel the need to call you "scum".