A case of mistaken identity

Tweet Outrage all round after Cardiff North Lib Dems were caught out using a staged photograph of their candidate talking to a 'nurse' who turned out to be one of Mick Bates' staff dressed in what was presumably a hired or borrowed uniform. Given the alleged recent interaction between Mr Bates and hospital staff, one wonders what on earth they were thinking of. Can anyone on the campaign team really have thought "Let's just remind voters of that unfortunate incident, shall we?".

Betsan notes that there had been a response from other parties, but not from Plaid at the time she posted her piece. In a roundabout way, I may have been responsible for the lack of reaction...

When Plaid first became aware of the gaffe, there was, apparently, some confusion as to why I would have been using a picture of Mick Bates' assistant on a leaflet. Had the Lib Dems been so dastardly that they'd sent someone dressed in a nurse's uniform all the way down here so that she could be photographed talking to me, only to be deliberately exposed as a hoax later?

And given that I was out on the stump - and mobile telephone coverage is, unfortunately, not brilliant in parts of rural west Wales, it wasn't immediately possible to ask me what was going on. It would have made an even better story - but it was all down to a simple case of confusion between two candidates from different parties who just happen to share a name...