Who was that nice young doctor?

The wee story from Glasgow North East that Labour delivered some 600 postal vote applications at the last minute has attracted a few more comments on blogs carrying the tale.


Over at the blog of the dapper Dundonian Calum Cashely a chappie using the moniker of ‘redcliffe62’ left a comment saying:
“we need to know who the 600 added are and if they have been incentivised to vote labour or this has been done on the last day of their own volition. 600 in one day? it is a rort. but who arranged it. PERHAPS it is linked to 2 old folks homes visited, and the ballots are PERHAPS filled out for them? by those nice labour chappies who promised i can get a bigger pension and they were not cutting disability pensions, it must be the nasty SNP who are doing that.....”


So a fresh accusation (from another anonymous source, hmmm) that Labour bods in Glasgow North East have been working the nursing homes. I`m sure there is no suggestion that these residents won`t actually ever seen these ballots.


If there is any truth in these various anon comments that Labour are trying to play fast and loose with the postal voting system...wouldn`t it be just typical of Labour’s lack of competence recently that they would try to do this with postal votes in the midst of a postal strike.


The trouble with all of this, though, is that the comments are anonymous and could come from anywhere. Hopefully a solid source will be in a position to confirm or deny these figures and end the specualtion. What is the truth in this? Answers on a postcard please.