Tory apologises for 'c-word typo'

The prospective Conservative candidate for Gloucester has apologised for accidentally using the word "c***" on his weblog.

Writing about the attitude of voters to the ongoing MPs' expenses scandal, Richard Graham seemingly used the obscenity to describe the local Labour MP Parmjit Dhanda, the Gloucester Citizen reports.

Graham wrote: "It was reassuring both yesterday and today to meet people who realised that, and just want to see some honesty and hard work from their c***."

Dhanda said: "I am absolutely shocked that as someone who wants to be an MP feels it is OK to use the language of the gutter.

"I will be writing to David Cameron calling on him to show some leadership by sacking his candidate for Gloucester."

Graham said: "That was a typo, I do not know where that word came from. It is unacceptable and will be removed as soon as possible.

"The word was meant to be councillor."

In a new blog post, he added: "The sentence made no sense with any obscenity, and no candidate is going to last long using them on their website deliberately. "