Scottish Labour ask entire mailing list to stand in local elections

With Scottish Labour now the third biggest party in Scotland following disastrous election results in May, it’s safe to say that its members have seen better times. However, there does appear to be one positive to the beleaguered party’s lagging popularity: it’s never been easier to get involved.

Today Scottish Labour have sent out an email to their full distribution list — including members of the press — asking recipients to stand in the local elections:

Alas it turns out the party have now got cold feet about asking members of the media to stand. A second email has been sent out, explaining that it was sent ‘in error’:

However, given that the party could currently do with all the help it can get, Mr S suspects that it was really the second email that was the mistake.