NOTHING shows voters you're ready for an election like sending your leaflets to the wrong constituency.
But that's exactly what the LibDems have done, sending leaflets meant for Argyll and Bute to a town about 150 miles away ...
A National reader who lives in Tain, a coastal parish just along the East Coast from Inverness, got in touch after he was sent a leaflet from Alan Reid, who is campaigning to represent Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Parliament after May's election.
The message from Reid on the leaflet stated: "As your Liberal Democrat candidate for this year's Scottish Parliamentary election, it is really important for me to know what is important for you."
Perhaps people might agree it's important to have elected representatives who are able to tell their left from right (or East from West in this case)?
Either way, Reid goes on: "I want to help Scotland move forward after the Covid-19 pandemic. The Liberal Democrats want to work for a Partnership For Recovery – ensuring that we can all work together to build a better Scotland."
Reid was an LibDem MP for Argyll and Bute until he lost his seat to the SNP's Brendan O'Hara at the 2015 General Election.
It was accompanied by a questionnaire asking people to rate local health and social care services and to post the survey back to Dunoon, over 200 miles away.
The reader told The National that the leaflet was delivered yesterday morning, adding: "I was just about to throw the latest piece of LibDem fiction in the bin when my wife spotted that it was actually promoting a candidate in another part of Scotland.
"We thought it was very funny especially when it was urging us to fill in a survey and send it to Dunoon.
"I can't think that we have been singled out by Mr Reid so it's highly likely that it has been sent out across the Highlands."
Reid was an LibDem MP for Argyll and Bute until he lost his seat to the SNP's Brendan O'Hara at the 2015 General Election.
The bemused recipient of the leaflet went on: "Molly Nolan, the LibDem candidate for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, must be scratching her head wondering what is going on."
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"This must have made a dent in [the] LibDem’s finances. I would think there will be a lot of red faces in Dunoon and unhappy paymasters in London.
"It could be worse for the beleaguered party though if it appears that there are more mix ups around the country."
It's not the first time the LibDems have made this mistake. In the run up to the General Election in 2019, voters in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey were surprised to discover that the latest LibDem election material to come through the door was intended for Skye and Lochaber.
Another leaflet included a two-part checklist by Glasgow North East candidate Nicholas Moohan, with the first point saying he wants to "improve our public transport".
But the second point is not there, simply saying: "Second positive point about local candidate or action on issue."
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