A SHADOWY Unionist group which campaigned against the SNP in the run up to the 2022 local elections has avoided punishment from an elections watchdog thanks to a legal loophole.
The Electoral Commission investigated the “Unionist Clubs Scotland” group amid reports it had failed to provide a valid “imprint” on its campaign material – information which tells voters who is promoting it and who they’re promoting it for.
Under Scottish law, both physical and digital campaign material must include key information about who has created it. For physical leaflets, this includes the name and address of the person or group promoting the material.
