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Scottish National Party Manifesto 2017/Screenshot
On Tuesday, the Scottish National Party launched their general election manifesto.
The SNP, in addition to dominating the Scottish Parliament also held 54 of 59 Westminster seats in Scotland at the end of the 2015-17 parliament.
Having been in power for just over a decade, they need to show they have fresh ideas are to demonstrate they're not a tired party.
Perhaps this what motivated them to choose this image for the back cover of their manifesto.
Picture: SNP Manifesto PDF/Screengrab
A boy pressing his head on a toy triceratops.
Twitter was mostly bemused.
My favourite bit of the SNP manifesto is this photo representing my experience of the general election campaign so… https://t.co/zaeWTw7k4y— Liam Kirkaldy (@Liam Kirkaldy) 1496144948
Dirty tricks from the SNP: no policies of their own so they exploit voters' fear that a triceratops will gouge out… https://t.co/nOnC0aTdcp— The author, Séamas O'Reilly (@The author, Séamas O'Reilly) 1496151460
I assume he needs the braille #SNPmanifesto due to having a Triceratops lodged in his eye. #SNP https://t.co/fbCWOyilI4— Mark Grimshaw (@Mark Grimshaw) 1496148140
Other images on the back page of the manifesto show children doing more fun things.
Picture: SNP Manifesto PDF/Screengrab
Chasing this up with the SNP, indy100 was told:
It's just a cute picture of a kid playing. Nothing else to it.
Fair.
indy100 has been unable to locate any living triceratops for comment.
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