A German man who staged a political protest by writing "The Government is crap" on his own car, has been told to remove it or face jail.

Police failed to see the funny side of 33-year-old Stefan Lukoschek's protest at the policies of Gerhard Schroeder.

Officers said they had received complaints from several people about protest on his yellow VW. The words were stenciled on the rear and side windows.

Lukoschek said: "I put it on there because my father who worked all his life, has seen his pension reduced to nothing by the current government."