Out of the frame: artist Gordon Shrigley abandons dream of being an MP

As the election looms, the arty candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch has thrown in the towel, sneering at the cynicism of politicians. But is he missing the point?

As the political parties make their final push for the general election while already testing out arguments for who can form a government in the anticipated hung parliament, at least one candidate has the honesty to throw in the towel.

Artist Gordon Shrigley has not pulled out of the ballot in Hackney South and Shoreditch where he is (genuinely) standing for Parliament on Thursday, but he has effectively admitted defeat with the final poster of his conceptual artwork of a campaign.

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