Tame campaign after adventure

Ms Fiona Walker (29), is finding campaigning for her father, Mr Bill Walker, in North Tayside a trifle tame after years of adventure…

Ms Fiona Walker (29), is finding campaigning for her father, Mr Bill Walker, in North Tayside a trifle tame after years of adventure.

"I have ridden an elephant across northern Thailand, trekked through the jungles of Indonesia and helped sail away across the Pacific Ocean. Negotiating the quiet roads of "North Tayside by bus blasting out, Vote Bill Walker, is a more unusual challenge."

Mr Walker, a Tory who is fighting to regain this seat, is one of the few MPs to have worn a kilt in the Commons.

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