Fury at ‘nasty’ far-right stickers

Residents have reacted with anger after National Front stickers were plastered across Canterbury.

Far-right propaganda posted around the St Dunstan’s area over the weekend featured phrases such as: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children”.

The labels were spotted on streets including Rheims Way and London Road, with posters calling for “Britain for the British” slapped on bus stops and signs.

Taking a stand against the messages, neighbours have been removing the offending signs.

Chairman of the St Dunstan’s Residents’ Association and Cross Street homeowner, Allen Tullet, said: “I normally go around reporting or removing graffiti - which is the bane of my life as it is - but I saw this on Saturday and a particular trail of stickers going from Rhiems Way to the Victoria recreation park.

“Compared to the graffiti we normally get it’s particularly nasty, so I took them down and reported the stickers to the Community Safety Unit.

“It’s a bit of a walking route and I can see why they are doing this on a main route into town.

“At first it took me a little while to see them because they’re quite small - you have to really go up to them to see what they say.

“Some are more obvious in terms of the size of the lettering.

“I’ve seen plenty of sweary graffiti and other things, but I’m disappointed because that isn’t the sort of thing we want in our community. It paints our community in a bad light.

“I wanted to get them all down as soon as possible so none of this sort of thing keeps going on.

“I feel lucky to live in Canterbury. It’s a very diverse place thanks to the universities and I often go to events with a broad range of people in attendance.

“Compared to other communities around east Kent, we are quite lucky to be so liberal.

“Given the level of political debate in the country right now, I wouldn’t want people to be enticed to become supporters of the National Front.”