BoJo of Blackburn wins election after posing next to X-rated graffiti in bizarre video
Tory candidate Tiger Patel didn t notice the fruity graffiti as he recorded the footage for a council election. The hilarious video afterwards gained millions of views on Twitter
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Conservative candidate who went viral with bizarre election campaign video wins seat
Tiger Patel won his seat as the Conservative candidate for the Audley and Queen s Park ward
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A local election candidate in Lancashire who became an unlikely viral hit after releasing his campaign video has won his seat in the local elections.
Tiger Patel won as Conservative candidate for the Audley and Queen s Park ward
A video shared before election showed him walking around a local playground
He wordlessly pointed out damage to the equipment as music played
At one point he stands atop a slide and raises his arms while looking at the camera - unaware he is standing behind graffiti resembling male genitalia
Tory Tiger Patel whose campaign went viral with rude graffiti clip wins election seat Mirror 07/05/2021 Edd Dracott & Ali Mason
A Tory politician who went viral thanks to a campaign video that showed him giving peace signs standing behind X-rated graffiti in a children s playground has won his seat in the local elections.
Tiger Patel, who says he has been described as the BoJo of Blackburn , won his seat as the Conservative candidate for the Audley and Queen s Park ward. He beat the Labour incumbent Maryam Batan by 1,209 votes to 1,096.
Responding to the news, Mr Patel tweeted: THANK YOU, Great People of Audley & Queen s Park!
‘BoJo of Blackburn’ Tiger Patel wins election seat after viral campaign video
Edd Dracott and Ali Mason, PA
7 May 2021, 1:08 pm
A politician who went viral thanks to a campaign video that showed him giving peace signs standing behind X-rated graffiti in a children’s playground has won his seat in the local elections.
Tiger Patel, who says he has been described as “the BoJo of Blackburn”, won his seat as the Conservative candidate for the Audley and Queen’s Park ward – beating the Labour incumbent Maryam Batan by 1,209 votes to 1,096.
Responding to the news, Mr Patel tweeted: “THANK YOU, Great People of Audley & Queen’s Park!