Twas the night before polling, in a tweet to the nation, an SNP councillour shared a rather weird statement. (It's an awkward rhyme, it still counts)
A rather bizarre decision by Inverclyde councillor Chris McEleny has caught the eye of Scottish political Twitter this morning.
The former SNP depute leadership candidate tweeted the image of an SNP leaflet, setting out reasons to vote SNP ahead of the EU poll, with his face on it.
The problem is... that's not his body. In fact, Chris isn't even a candidate in the EU elections.
Remember polls open 7am to 10pm tomorrow. Make sure you vote in the most important, ever, European election. pic.twitter.com/ZR9pkDXQWp
— 🏴CHRISTOPHER McEleny (@SNPChris) May 22, 2019
Of course, Scottish political Twitter wasn't about to let this wild decision pass without comment...
Are you actually being serious? 😳😳 pic.twitter.com/7uwivRNFes
— Emma (@emmahendrie) May 22, 2019
Bit weird this, Chris. pic.twitter.com/2q6TEfqfPk
— Gavin Lundy (@GavinLundy) May 22, 2019
Remember polls open 7am to 10pm tomorrow. Make sure you vote in the most important, ever, European election. pic.twitter.com/njbMUyRPgQ
— Emma (@emmahendrie) May 22, 2019
— Drew McGowan (@DrewJMcGowan) May 22, 2019
I am so confused why someone so senior in the SNP would do this. I can’t believe I supported this man to be deputy leader of the SNP government. How wrong could I be.
— Martin Reid (@marrtinlg1) May 22, 2019
Me Chris McEleny
— Juan Mac (@no1guncle) May 22, 2019
🤝
Implausibly bad photoshops https://t.co/wbml9MOJCu
Remember kids. Never use mspaint to alter pictures https://t.co/QvRyK15lOg
— Stephen Clark (@puggso_32) May 23, 2019
pahahahaha he's actually cropped his wee head over alex kerr's 😂 https://t.co/y5d0tmft4Q
— splash the fash🥤🍦 (@tejmuk) May 22, 2019
Though despite generally amused responses, some also had a more pointed take to share.
Alex has campaigned bloody hard over this campaign, as he usually does. The least you could do is show him some respect as a candidate and not badly photoshop your face over his?
— Logan Unwin (@logan_unwin1) May 22, 2019
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