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Former Labour spin doctor takes to Twitter to deny misconduct in Scottish Independence referendum

on Oct 8, 2014 | 0 comments

By James Doleman

A former advisor to Tony Blair has taken to Twitter to deny allegations of illegal actions during the Scottish Independence referendum.

John McTernan, who worked as director of political operations for the Labour government, has been reported to police for comments he made on TV four days before polling closed in the historic vote when he said: “postal votes are running very strongly towards No.”

A polite warning to the cybernuts who think I stole an election. A question about Postal Votes gets you blocked. For being boring. And mad.

— John McTernan (@johnmcternan) September 28, 2014

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Source: The Drum