BBC mistake SNP MP for Nicola Sturgeon’s husband

Given that staff at the BBC have been providing rolling election coverage, it’s understandable that they may be rather tired. Even so, Mr S was surprised to see that BBC veteran Huw Edwards described an SNP MP and Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland’s power couple.

Speaking over footage of Sturgeon walking alongside Patrick Grady, the recently appointed SNP MP for Glasgow North, Edwards mistook Grady for Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell.

While both may be lacking in the hair department, there are a few years’ difference between the two:

Nicola Sturgeon with her husband Peter Murrell

Nicola Sturgeon with the SNP politician Patrick Grady

Happily, Edwards realised his mistake while on air and performed a swift u-turn, apologising for the mix-up.

Surely it’s time for the BBC to give Edwards an election recess?