There has been much sneering at Tendring DC for scrubbing off Clacton-on-Sea's Banksy mural. One headline hailed ‘The Banksy too clever for council's politically correct jobsworths'.

The street artist's not-so subtle dig at Essex UKIP voters featuring a sole colourful bird confronted by five grey pigeons waving placards saying ‘Migrants Not Welcome' and ‘Keep Off Our Worms' (geddit?), was removed after a member of the public who said it contained ‘offensive and racist remarks'.