I've been in Rutherglen reporting on the by-election - here's what I've learned

THE Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election campaign trail has been a long one with plenty of twists and turns.

launching their candidates in advance of the official announcement, and both parties having not one, but two launches.It has been a tense battle for Margaret Ferrier’s old seat, with a whopping 14 candidates putting themselves forward to be Scotland’s next MP.

And, the locations of the media calls have been wide-ranging, from a Tesco car park in Cambuslang, to the top of a windy hill behind a miners' monument and various community centres. Journalists have been all over the constituency in the past few months.Labour have been quite reluctant to invite National reporters to their campaign events, or on some occasions, print journalists at all.

SNP canvassers have been making sure locals were aware they would need to bring it along if they wanted to vote.

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