A Tory candidate described as ‘the BoJo of Blackburn’ has been hilariously upstaged thanks to some perfectly placed penis graffiti.

In Tiger Patel’s campaign video, the Conservative walks round a children’s playground silently showing damage to the equipment while music plays over the top.

At one point he stands on the slide and raises his arms in triumph while looking at the camera, completely unaware he is standing behind the X-rated doodle, and the accompanying ‘SUCK’ in capital letters.

‘At the end of the day, when Tiger did the video, he didn’t notice the fruity graffiti, but that says it all for us,’ Julian Arnold, chairman of the Blackburn Conservative Association, said.

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‘That’s what’s happening – these community facilities are being vandalised, are being wrecked, and the graffiti says it all – little kids play on there.’

The video was posted on Twitter on Wednesday and quickly turned viral when eagle-eyed viewers noticed the gaffe.

Mr Patel, who is hoping to become a councillor in the Audley and Queen’s Park ward, is well known locally for similar videos on fly-tipping, potholes and the state of parks.

He said people contact him about issues instead of going to their councillor because ‘they don’t pick up the phone’.

‘I made a video two times in Longton Street,’ he said. ‘It’s worse and worse every time – the council says it has no funding, no money.

‘Just about £5,000 to change about everything, but they say no money. And how can I believe it? They have no £5,000?

‘Because we pay council tax £140 every month. Every year rise and rise and rise.’

Mr Patel, who has run previously as an independent, said he was moved to run as a Conservative after seeing Boris Johnson make speeches on TV, and he says he has even been compared with the Prime Minister.

‘I’m inspired by Boris Johnson,’ he said. ‘He’s popular, and I’m also popular in Blackburn. Somebody said I was the BoJo of Blackburn.’

Maryam Batan, the Labour councillor and rival candidate for the ward, said: ‘I have many residents that contact me on a daily basis through email, phone and social media with their issues.

‘I raise and follow these up directly with relevant internal and external departments getting an outcome and have had no complaints.

‘As for not answering call, I did pick up yours and I do for anyone that contacts me. If I am unavailable I send a message and return the call.’

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