Oh dear. Tory leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat has been rather excited about all the support he’s received from his counterparts north of the border. So far almost a third of the 31 Scottish Conservative MSPs have backed Tugendhat – and in his excitement to announce his latest supporters, the Tory contender’s team accidentally, um, fabricated one. Details, details…
Tugendhat’s lot put out a press release this morning celebrating two of his newest endorsements, only it quickly transpired that one of the politicians in question didn’t actually exist. Alexander Brown is not actually a serving MSP – despite multiple references to the unknown politician. Halfway through the press release, however, Tugendhat’s team switched to mentioning an Alexander Stewart instead – someone who is in fact a Scottish Tory MSP representing Mid Scotland and Fife. How interesting…
A whole 30 minutes passed before the Tory contender realised his mistake – Mr S wonders whether he possibly received a rather offended nudge from the real MSP – and a new readout was issued with the correct name. The bungle rather throws into doubt the initial email’s claim that Tugendhat is the only candidate who had ‘taken the time to meet with Scottish Conservative party members’. Yet despite the slip-up, a source close to the contender insisted brightly: ‘If this unfortunate typo highlights his passion for the nation, then we can only welcome it.’ At least the spinners are hard at work…
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