Tory fury over election day tweet on Edinburgh's 20mph limit
The Conservatives have been critical of the new lower speed limit for city-centre, residential and shopping streets and have promised to suspend the roll-out of the scheme if they win power.
But on Tuesday evening the council tweeted a link to a “myth-busting” page about the 20mph cap on its website.
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Hide AdJohn McLellan, the Tory candidate in Craigentinny/Duddingston, tweeted: “Why is a piece from January being pushed now? Is council comms getting involved in the election?”
He said: “It was only when I looked at it more closely I realised it was from January 2015 - why is the council putting out a two-year-old press release just 36 hours before the election?