The National:

THIS is a new one. In yet more evidence that 2016 turned the world of politics upside down for eternity, a video has emerged of a Labour councillor saying that the Tories have done more to help the poor in Aberdeen than the SNP.

That'll be the same party that has imposed austerity on the UK since it took to power? The same party whose rollout of Universal Credit has left some of society's most vulnerable facing delays to their benefit payments?

No wonder the councillor in question, Gordon Graham, remains suspended from Labour. He is one of nine Labour councillors that got into bed with the Tories following the last council elections.

READ MORE: Suspended Labour councillor: Tories help poor more than SNP

Graham's bizarre claim about the SNP was made during a debate yesterday about the Fairer Aberdeen Fund, was set up to tackle poverty and deprivation.

“Despite the rhetoric from the SNP," said Graham, "the Tories have done more to improve the lives of people in disadvantaged communities in Aberdeen than the SNP have ever done.”

Eh... sure.

Watch the full video below.