An election candidate has been videoed being assaulted and manhandled by a Morrisons supermarket security officer in Denton, Manchester, for allegedly doing no more than handing out Brexit Party leaflets in the store and talking to customers.

Although the member of staff involved has been 'relieved of his duties' - indicating that the supermarket recognises the gravity of the situation - the subsequent attempts by Morrisons to justify the actions of its staff leaves a lot to be desired.

Morrisons has insisted that ''there was no political bias' and 'no electioneering is allowed in our stores' - and yet photographs and news articles have emerged of Labour and SNP candidates openly canvassing in Morrisons stores around the country.

This is adding insult to injury and is nothing short of hypocritical.

We demand that Morrisons not only publicly apologises to the Brexit Party election candidate, but that it also issues a clear public statement to the effect that election candidates of all parties are expressly welcome to canvass on Morrisons' premises with immediate effect.

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<p>FOR THE ATTENTION OF: ANDREW HIGGINSON, CHAIRMAN; DAVID POTTS, CEO; NICOLA CONSTANTINOU, HEAD OF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AT MORRISONS PLC:</p> <p>To whom it may concern,</p> <p>It has been reported that an election candidate, Julian Newton, was assaulted and manhandled by a Morrisons security officer at your Denton Store, allegedly for handing out Brexit Party leaflets and talking to customers.</p> <p>While Morrisons has taken swift action to relieve the security officer of his duties, subsequent attempts to explain away the situation by claiming that there was 'no political bias' and 'electioneering is not allowed in our stores' are nothing short of hypocritical.</p> <p>News articles and photographs of Labour and SNP candidates openly canvassing in Morrisons stores around the country give the impression that both of the above statements are blatantly untrue.</p> <p>I demand that you not only issue a public apology to the Brexit Party candidate Julian Newton, but that you also issue a clear public statement to the effect that candidates of all political parties are welcome to canvass on all of Morrisons premises with immediate effect.</p> <p>I look forward to hearing from you at the earliest opportunity.</p><p id="sign_off" class="mceNonEditable">

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