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Laura Paterson

SNP candidate mocked for getting own constituency name wrong in hustings

An candidate has faced ridicule after getting the constituency where he is standing wrong at a .

Ochil and South Perthshire candidate John Nicolson told the audience at the hustings in Alloa: "Please trust me with your vote on December 12. As you know, only the Scottish National Party can beat the here in East Dunbartonshire."

His comments were met with jeers and laughter.

Nicolson was the for East Dunbartonshire from 2015 until being unseated by leader Jo Swinson in 2017.

Murdo Fraser branded SNP candidate Jon Nicolson a laughing stock (Perthshire Advertiser)

Scottish Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser said: "John Nicolson is now a laughing stock.

"It's well known he was parachuted in to Ochil and South Perthshire last month by . You'd think by now that he would have worked out where he was.

"People have had enough of SNP place-men thinking they can walk in with a God-given right to a seat.

"In two weeks' time, voters in Ochil and can tell Mr Nicolson to go home and think again - assuming he can find his way there."

Nicolson said: "I made a slip of the tongue. We're all human.

"On December 12th voters in Ochil and South Perthshire will face the choice between a Tory candidate prepared to do whatever Boris Johnson tells him - trading away Scotland's NHS to Donald Trump and taking Scotland out of the EU.

"Or an SNP candidate who will act to protect Scotland from Boris Johnson and ensure we have a choice over our future."

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