Mr Banksy, I presume: the councillor who quit over claims he has a secret

William Gannon says Banksy is a hero, but not him. Photograph: Francesca Jones/The Guardian

To be clear, Billy Gannon is not Banksy. Or at least – that’s what he says.

“The problem I have is that when I say to people, ‘I am not Banksy,’ I can see this look in their eyes, and they say, ‘That’s what Banksy would say,’” says the 58-year-old from Pembroke Dock, west Wales. “Every time I deny I am Banksy … a significant number of people in the town [decide] that I am, or could possibly be, Banksy.”