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To back the campaign, 123 MPs ( including Prime Minister Tony Blair ) signed a charter which stated: Graffiti is not art, it's crime.

On behalf of my constituents, I will do all I can to rid our community of this problem.

However, in the last couple of years the British graffiti scene has been struck by self-titled ' art terrorist ' Banksy, who has revolutionized the style of UK graffiti ( bringing to the forefront stencils to aid the speed of painting ) as well as the content ; making his work largely satirical of the sociological state of cities, or the political climate of war, often using monkeys and rats as motifs.