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Everyone makes spelling mistakes, even with "easier" words. Earlier this week, opposition political party in UK misspelled word. The Conservative Party made mistake with the name of its own country. The error was on slogan on the wrapper of chocolate bar. The word "Britain" was spelt "Britian" on bar. The message was signed by the party's leader. The Conservatives were holding their annual conference. Each person who attended event received the bar of chocolate. Organisers of conference blamed the mistake on "printing error". After they spotted the mistake, they immediately stopped handing out the chocolate.

Many people on social media made fun of mistake. Journalist Natasha Clarke wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the Conservative Party wants to run Britain, but "can't spell it". A member of UK's ruling Labour Party also commented on spelling mistake. She said the Conservatives "can't proofread five words on bar of chocolate". However, it is not the first time that political parties in UK have had a spelling mishap. Earlier this year, Scottish Labour misspelt word "Scottish" on its election leaflets. The handout said "Your Scotish Labour candidate," missing "t". In 2024, politician Lee Anderson's surname was incorrectly written as "Andersin" on his election leaflets.

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