He went to clarkston halls and was talking to Ralph Robertson and Gordon McCaskill outside the front doors. he saw Mary inside talking to voters and she was wearing a labour rosette and had a reporters notepad and appeared to be ticking after she had spoken with voters before and after they went into vote and probably recording who had voted labour.
Tom approached her and said that she should not be doing that she said it was alright to do it, he said he would go home and check the legislation which he did. He then went back and was armed with a lethal weapon.
A print out of the polling regulations bill which he spoke to the man in charge of the poling station about and complained that she should at least be outside the door.
He was not concerned about the 250 meters exclusion zone, happy for them to be just outside the front door but to be in the foyer was in his opinion intimidating.
The man in charge said its alright she is not wearing a rossette, to which Tom said look at her, she is wearing a rosette .
The man agreed that he would ask her to leave the building and join the other two candidates.
Tom left still armed with the lethal weapon three sheets of A4 paper and went home.
No swearing, no shouting, no fisticuffs, and if any of you know Tom he is very much the consummate professional of speech.
He is rather large, in excess of 20 stone so it is really surprising that the police officers even looked under his bed just in case he was hiding there.
A retired police sergeant of over 30 years service who is the chair of the largest neighbourhood watch in Scotland has his house searched by the police after Mary phones them.
The only thing missing apparently was the helicopter hovering overhead and the council CCTV camera has been focused on the front of his house all day and is still focused on it.
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