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Question Time for Candidates

GALLOWAY’S five Parliamentary candidates have agreed to put themselves into the firing line in Stranraer.

They will all appear on the same stage for a Question Time session in the town, chaired by the minister of St Ninian’s Church, Rev Gordon Kennedy.

And for two hours they will come under the spotlight on the evening of Wednesday, 30th May in the High Kirk Hall.

The five, Malcolm Fleming (SNP candidate), Peter Duncan (Conservative), Tommy Sloan (Labour), Neil Wallace (Liberal Democrat) and Andy Harvey, Scottish Socialist Party) will answer questions set by local people.

The idea was the brainchild of Mr Kennedy. One of his elders, John Dougan, contacted the candidates and they all agreed to take part.

High Kirk Hall was chosen because it is one of the larger venues in Stranraer – Mr Kennedy estimates it will hold between 150 and 200 people.