Over in Milton Keynes North Labour candidate Chris Curtis somehow got hold of a partial housing development planning decision by the Labour-run council and posted the leaked plans on the 17,000-strong Olney Noticeboard. The plans are politically sensitive and a key battleground between Labour and Tories in the area…

Corbynite Curtis, known by local Tories as “Calamity Chris”, was called out by the public for posting politically sensitive council material during Purdah. He subsequently posted the link to the plans once they were finally made public. Seemingly making it even worse seeing as government and local authority resources shouldn’t be used for party political campaigning at any time in the run up to an election…

Milton Keynes council communications manager Kamran Hussain liked Curtis’ post of the leaked plans. Purdah rules state:

“During the period between the notice of an election and the election itself, local authorities should not publish any publicity on controversial issues or report views or proposals in such a way that identifies them with any individual members or groups of members. Publicity relating to individuals involved directly in the election should not be published by local authorities during this period unless expressly authorised by or under statute.”

When he was called out by a member of the public he hilariously explained:

“I dislocated my thumb a few days ago and one of my hands is in a brace. I mistakenly liked the comment from my personal account which I immediately unliked when I realised, well before your comment.”

Did a councillor with a broken arm accidentally leak the plans to Curtis?