"Scrag end and shabby insults must go"

14.5.01

Edward Davey calls for insulting descriptions of Chessington, Tolworth and New Malden to be removed from national website

Local Liberal Democrat candidate, Edward Davey has written to Associated Newspapers Ltd to ask them to remove insulting descriptions of Chessington, Tolworth and New Malden from their "Local London" website.

The website prides itself on providing local information for each Borough in London. In their area profiles of Tolworth and Chessington and New Malden, they describe them as, "The scrag end of the Borough" with "wide and bleak" roads and "shabby". As a result, Edward Davey has emailed the producers of the site to ask them to provide a more balanced description of the area and to remove these insulting labels.

Commenting on the site, Edward Davey said,

"Local residents will be annoyed by these insulting descriptions of Chessington, Tolworth and New Malden.

"We all know there are problems with graffiti and litter but these exist in other Boroughs and other areas within Kingston.

"The editors of the site are way off the mark with these descriptions and one has to wonder if they have ever been to the Borough."

He added,

"It just doesn't make good business sense for Cheltenham & Gloucester, who advertise on the site, to be associated with these descriptions.

"I would be surprised if anyone from Tolworth or Chessington would want to take out a mortgage with a company associated with insults about the area in which they have just bought a home."

"The producers should realise that these insults are just not good business sense and update their site immediately."