Caron Lindsay

The perils of rash election predictions

By | Sat 7th May 2016 - 4:30 pm

If the Daily Record’s Ross McCafferty had followed Stephen Tall, he might not have said what he did in a wee bit of eve of poll banter:

It all started when I tweeted about the Eve of Poll rally in Alex Cole-Hamilton’s HQ:

When Mike Crockart got involved, things got interesting…

Then this happened. I was there, and I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of watching it:

In the morning, the awful reality hit him:

Like a good sport, he made good on his bet, though.

Now there’s just the small matter of this to resolve…

* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings. You can find her on Bluesky at caronmlindsay.bsky.social

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