the disappearing banksys

This week sees a by-election in the seaside town of Clacton:
BBC News - Clacton by-election: 'genuine excitement' takes hold
Cameron shock as MoS poll says second Ukip defector is heading for a by-election win as voters ignore PM's warning 'not to go to bed with Nigel Farage'   | Daily Mail Online

"I wouldn’t want to suggest we should eradicate everyone with brown skin, but this is our country.”
Clacton by-election: A bit early for Ukip to celebrate, but there’s only one party - UK Politics - UK - The Independent

Meanwhile, this has just happened in Clacton:



BBC News - Banksy anti-immigration birds mural in Clacton-on-Sea destroyed
Banksy's ironic 'protesting birds' art piece erased as 'offensive and racist' — RT UK

With very different takes of the same story:
Banksy wanted Clacton-on-Sea to confront racism – instead it confronted him | Jonathan Jones | Comment is free | The Guardian
We would have destroyed ‘racist’ Banksy mural even if we knew who created it, Essex council declares - Telegraph

From the artist's website:
Banksy

Here's the full story, plus another on a work to be sold in Miami:
Banksy's latest graffiti goes over the heads of Tendring District council officials who declare it 'racist' | Daily Mail Online

Here's a good overview of his works:
'Racist Banksy graffiti scrubbed by council in Clacton - CNN.com

See also:
Jay Doubleyou: banksy: the provocative artist of our time
Jay Doubleyou: a history of irony
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