UKIP’s Scottish campaign launch didn’t go exactly to plan ….

(not satire – it’s the UKIP!)

In which we get to hear sage political advice from a UKIP spin-doctor…..

UKIP’s general election campaign launch in Scotland didn’t go exactly to plan yesterday.

First of all a video link to Nigel Farage – who seems to have wisely decided to spend his party’s Scottish campaign down in England safely out of the reach of Scottish voters –  couldn’t take place due to technical difficulties.

And then one of the UKIP candidates said she didn’t know which constituency she was standing in.

“I don’t know where I’m standing, I think it could be Sutherland,” UKIP candidate Annie Murray happily admitted to the assembled media.

And finally, UKIP candidate Emily Santos – who will take on Alex Salmond in the high-profile Gordon constituency – gave a car-crash interview to the media.

When the tongue-tied candidate was completely unable to answer any questions, the panicking UKIP spin doctor accompanying her was heard to…