A Labour candidate has denied launching a foul-mouthed attack on a political rival for pointing out he lives in a £1.5 million home. Michael Foster was appearing at a public ‘hustings’ in the Camborne and Redruth constituency when he objected to mention of his luxurious four-bedroom home by Loveday Jenkin who is standing for the Cornish party Mebyon Kernow. Ms Jenkin claims Mr Foster turned to her and said: ‘You c***. If you pick on me again I will destroy you.’ Labour candidate Michael Foster, pictured, said not many people in Cornwall would be hit by the mansion tax . However, a rival candidate pointed out that Mr Foster lived in a £1.5 million house, pictured, near Falmouth . Loveday Jenkin, pictured, is running in the same constituency for Mebyon Kernow - the party for Cornwall . She said the alleged outburst came after he was questioned about Ed Miliband’s plan to impose a mansion tax on all homes worth more than £2 million. Mr Foster, a former media agent who has represented celebrities including Sacha Baron Cohen and Anne Robinson, said it was a marginal issue in the Cornish constituency, adding: ‘How many people do you know who live in £1 million houses?’ Ms Jenkin then turned to him and said, to laughter and mocking jeers: ‘You do Michael!’ Labour was last night at the centre of a race row after text messages were sent to Asian voters in a key marginal constituency urging them to cast their postal ballots for ‘all Asian candidates’. One of the messages was apparently sent by Mohammed Hanif, a Labour councillor in Tory-controlled Pendle, previously identified as being at high risk of election fraud. Tory MEP Sajjad Karim said the ‘intimidating’ texts ‘were a flagrant abuse of election laws’. Mr Hanif refused to comment. Councillor Mohammed Iqbal, local Labour Party agent for the council elections, said: ‘There is nothing illegal in this. Any individual is free to send a text message asking a friend or family member to consider voting for a certain candidate.’ According to estate agents, Mr Foster’s £1.5 million home, which overlooks Port Navas Creek, ‘makes the most of its splendid position, with timber decks, balconies and an open sitting room seemingly hanging over the water’. Ms Jenkin also claims that when the event concluded, Mr Foster tried to ‘square up’ to her, but she avoided the confrontation. She said: ‘He clearly has an anger management problem, and no understanding of the problems affecting Cornish people.’ She added that at a previous hustings he was asked – after Miliband mentioned his two kitchens – how many he had and replied “three, but only one of them is in Cornwall”.’ Mr Foster, who sold his stake in literary agency PFD in 2013, also owns a property worth more than £1 million in London’s fashionable Primrose Hill. Mr Foster said: ‘This is totally false. We have had six hustings in Camborne and Redruth and there are two more. All have been conducted politely, in a friendly manner.’
Michael Foster denied launching a foul-mouthed attack at a rival candidate.
Mr Foster objected when a candidate mentioned his £1.5 million home.
The former literary agent was at a public hustings in Cornwall.
Loveday Jenkin challenged Mr Forster over the value of his second home.
The above article has been amended to make clear that Loveday Jenkin is standing for the Cornish party Mebyon Kernow not the Cornish Nationalist Party.