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Fernandes might frustrate sometimes with his indiscipline in terms of maintaining a position, but if Amorim did not pick him, where would United’s goals and chances come from?

Convener and Scottish Conservative MSP Jackson Carlaw said there was "no conspiracy to frustrate" the road but there been a lack of scrutiny and focus.

He told BBC Scotland News: "There was no smoking gun - the delay isn't down to some insidious conspiracy to frustrate the road, but there was a complete lack of transparency and clarity about the funding of this road."

In a statement, the group said the attack, which also saw 22 people injured, was "planned a long time ago" - apparently rebuffing claims that the attack was an attempt to frustrate rumoured reconciliation efforts between the PKK and Turkish government.

The Harris campaign’s foregrounding of a conservative surrogate, whose surname Democrats long have equated with villainy, may frustrate some on the left.