THE Scottish LibDems have been accused of “lying” over claims the party is battling with the SNP for the Edinburgh South seat when the constituency was won by Labour’s Ian Murray in 2017 with a majority of more than 15,000.
The LibDems only managed to secure just over 1300 votes at the last General Election– losing their deposit and trailing in fourth place behind the Conservatives.
But a leaflet sent to voters in the name of Mike Smithson, described as a “polling and elections expert”, states the “election in Edinburgh South is between the SNP and the Liberal Democrats”.
Murray, who is defending his seat for Labour, also tweeted: “The bookmakers have the LibDems at 500/1, so I hope these so called ‘polling experts’ have their money on them if this is the case. Typical LibDem lies.’’
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