A LEADING councillor has slammed those behind a leaflet denouncing politicians as "perverts and crooks".

The leaflet, distributed during the night to homes across Barnoldswick last week, highlights Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs and counci-llors from around the UK convicted of child sex offences and other crimes.

The publication, from a group calling itself "A plague on all your houses" does not list BNP members convicted of crimes, but the party has denied that it has any connection with it.

Pictures and details of politicians are accompan-ied by the message "They are all perverts and crimin-als!" The only contact on the leaflet is a PO Box address in Essex.

Coun David Whipp said: "It's a message of hate and division."

Sergeant Andy Cartwright said as far as he was aware no one had compl-ained about the leaflets.