'Knocked up' email from Scottish politician bemuses voters
Well this is certainly... unconventional.
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LONDON -- Sometimes it pays to go the extra mile when you're a politician on the campaign trail.
Scottish Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur, who was standing for re-election in Orkney on Thursday, appears to have sent an emphatic email to potential voters ahead of the election -- but his choice of wording may have confused some.
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Here's Liam McArthur.
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And here's the email a would-be voter said they received from him.
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The image was shared in the r/Scotland subreddit on Thursday evening. Unsurprisingly, people had a few things to say about it.
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In the end, though, McArthur's tactics clearly paid off.
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