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DOING PRESS INTERVIEWS is a big part of your job when you’re a politician… but it’s probably good to make sure you know when you’re doing a live chat.

Spare a thought for the Scottish Education Minister Angela Constance, who appeared on a BBC politics show yesterday while under the impression their chat was being pre-recorded.

She discovered her mistake when she said ‘twenty thousand and twelve’ instead of 2012, and asked if they could start over.

Oops.

Painful. Angela Constance: "I thought it was a pre-record." https://t.co/TDjeGhjSjS
— Paul Hutcheon (@paulhutcheon) November 1, 2015

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Painful. Angela Constance: "I thought it was a pre-record." https://t.co/TDjeGhjSjS
— Paul Hutcheon (@paulhutcheon) November 1, 2015

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Hat tip to DailyEdge.ie

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