A former Conservative MP and candidate at the next election had "excrement" posted through her letterbox in what has been described as a "disgraceful" incident.
Posting on X, candidate for South Ribble Katherine Fletcher said she called the police after the incident, adding that the "attempt to bully me will not work".
Fletcher said: "Today the police are at my office because somebody has put excrement through the letterbox.
"One of my volunteers had to find that this morning.
A former Conservative MP and candidate at the next election had "excrement" posted through her letterbox in what has been described as a "disgraceful" incident
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"Now, I understand that women get more than their fair share in political environments, but this attempt to bully me will not work because it is not the decent or right thing to do.
"I’m working hard for South Ribble. I’ve delivered loads - I want the opportunity to do more.
"And so to the bully that did this: not the right person."
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride described the incident as "disgraceful" urging people to "call out" the behaviour.
He told GB News: "This is just a disgraceful thing and whoever did that, it is utterly shameful.
"I would like to see the same kind of energy generally from the public in terms of expressions of disgust for this kind of behaviour, whichever political party is impacted.”
He added: "I think society generally has to call this out.
"In terms of support for Katherine she’s a fantastic colleague, she’s a very resilient and capable lady, and she will come through this absolutely fine.
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"She has the support totally of her ex-parliamentary colleagues on her side of things, and I’ve absolutely no doubt that the party centrally will be providing her with whatever support she needs.
"But this is absolutely disgraceful, and people should be taking to the twittersphere now in their thousands and thousands to call this out."
