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THE typing finger may only have slipped one key to the right - but it made a world of difference as the BBC’s election coverage announced the Paisley and Renfrewshire South result.

As single letter mistakes go, this has to be about as bad as it can get.

The unfortunate error was spotted by eagle-eyed Lucy Nelson - and we imagine by many, many thousands of other viewers.

We can imagine that after losing his seat to the SNP’s Mhairi Black - and the 16,000 majority which came with it - Douglas Alexander might be cursing too.

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Still, it's been a long and busy night, so we're prepared to give the BBC a pass this time.

It's not like we're strangers to the odd typo ourselves..