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

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