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The SNP candidate for Motherwell and Wishaw has vowed to keep campaigning after vandals targeted her election headquarters and the office of a Lanarkshire MSP.

Police are looking into the incident at Marion Fellows office on Merry Street in Motherwell covered in red spray paint that reads ‘SNP OUT’.

The message was discovered by Fellows election team on the morning of November 27.

The attack comes after a similar vandalism at the office of MSP Aileen Campbell’s base in Carluke last night.

Motherwell candidate Fellows has said there is no place for intimidation in the run up to the December 12 General Election.

(Image: Stuart Vance/ReachPlc)

Fellows said: “While those who oppose Scotland’s right to choose our own future resort to slurs and criminality, my team and I will not be deterred from taking our message of change to the people of Motherwell, Wishaw and Bellshill.

“I’ll continue to make the positive case for an independent Scotland and an end to Tory Governments.

“The only way to lock the Tories out of power, end austerity, and put Scotland’s future in Scotland’s hands in this election is to vote SNP on December 12.

“I’d urge anyone with information to contact the police so we can find those responsible.”

(Image: Stuart Vance)

Red spray paint reading ‘SNP OUT’ was also discovered at MSP Campbell's premises in Kirkton Street, Carluke where a window was smashed.

Campbell took to Facebook to share the news. She said: “An attack on my office last night, which has been reported to the police, has saddened me deeply.

“I have a duty of care for the people who work in my office and this is clearly upsetting for them, as well as for the other tenants in the building and our neighbours.

“People can disagree about politics, but there is no excuse for mindless aggression, vandalism or violence which causes stress and anxiety in our local communities.

“We should strive for a better politics that respects and seeks to understand other points of view and, thankfully, that is how most people conduct themselves.

“We won’t be dragged down by the mindless act of a minority. We’ll clean this up and my service to my constituents will not be affected and the office remains open.

“I won’t be swayed from the priority of working hard for Clydesdale and achieving a better, fairer Scotland.”

Police Scotland are probing both incidents.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of vandalism at a constituency office on Kirkton Street, Carluke, around 8.40am on Wednesday, 27 November, 2019.

“The incident is believed to have happened between 9pm on Tuesday, 26 November, 2019 and 8am on Wednesday, 27 November, 2019.

“Enquiries are ongoing. Anyone with information about this incident should contact police on 101 quoting incident number 0634 of 27 November 2019.”

Inspector Martin Spiers, from Motherwell Police Office, asked the public to come forward with any information on the Motherwell vandalism.

He said: “We would be keen to speak to anyone with any information. We would urge anyone who saw anything to come forward by contacting 101."