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04-14-2010, 09:48 PM
A Tory parliamentary candidate who was the target of a four-letter outburst on a YouTube video of Adolf Hitler has called in the police.
Henley candidate John Howell was one of a number of Conservatives attacked in the doctored four-minute clip, which features German actor Bruno Ganz as Hitler in the film Downfall.
The subtitled scene depicts Hitler as Will Hamilton, a Tory candidate who lost a recent by-election in Henley, who rants about Tories in the area.
Mr Howell, who was elected as MP for the south Oxfordshire constituency in 2008, said he had reported the video to Thames Valley Police Chief Constable Sara Thornton.
He said: "This video crosses the line in two respects. First, it will be offensive to many ex-servicemen and women and is in very poor taste. Secondly, it is gratuitously defamatory."
Oxfordshire county councillor Peter Skolar and district councillor Joan Bland were also targeted, reports the Oxford Mail.
The video was posted by someone calling themselves MrHenley111. The clip uses a scene where Hitler unleashes a furious tirade when he realises the Second World War is lost.
Similar videos have been created with subtitles being used to make it appears as if the tyrant is ranting about Manchester United and the Daily Mail.
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Henley candidate John Howell was one of a number of Conservatives attacked in the doctored four-minute clip, which features German actor Bruno Ganz as Hitler in the film Downfall.
The subtitled scene depicts Hitler as Will Hamilton, a Tory candidate who lost a recent by-election in Henley, who rants about Tories in the area.
Mr Howell, who was elected as MP for the south Oxfordshire constituency in 2008, said he had reported the video to Thames Valley Police Chief Constable Sara Thornton.
He said: "This video crosses the line in two respects. First, it will be offensive to many ex-servicemen and women and is in very poor taste. Secondly, it is gratuitously defamatory."
Oxfordshire county councillor Peter Skolar and district councillor Joan Bland were also targeted, reports the Oxford Mail.
The video was posted by someone calling themselves MrHenley111. The clip uses a scene where Hitler unleashes a furious tirade when he realises the Second World War is lost.
Similar videos have been created with subtitles being used to make it appears as if the tyrant is ranting about Manchester United and the Daily Mail.
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