Michael Gove was out and about with fifty odd Tory activists dressed as Nicola Sturgeon in Westminster today, when he made an extraordinarily bold prediction about next week’s election results. The top Tory claimed that his party would end up with more seats in Scotland than the Labour Party. He also suggested that Sturgeon was more dangerous than Russell Brand, ‘because she votes’.
While Miliband’s party might well be set for an absolute hammering north of the border next Thursday, they do currently have 41 Scottish seats whereas the Tories have a single constituency.
Mr S later asked the Chief Whip to back up his claim. ‘It is a reality based prediction, yes,’ Gove said, though he remained coy when pushed further on where exactly these gains might come:
‘It would be wrong of me to alert the SNP, Labour and the LibDems to our highly effective ground operation’
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