Labour officials are confidently claiming that the party will hold Glenrothes in the by-election there. This is a safe Labour seat, but the SNP do hold the equivalent seat in the Scottish Parliament. Expect the press to treat this as proof that Brown is back in the game.
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Joseph
November 7th, 2008 12:51am Report this commentMASSIVE labour win - 6000 majority.
Huge result for Brown - who has to be back in the game for a possible general election win.
Feel the tories have to learn lessons but no idea what. Osborne has to go i think. In the midst of a huge downturn in the economy and the tories cant land the punches.
Colin
November 7th, 2008 12:58am Report this commentLabour win means difficulties for SNP and the Conservative Party. In an economic downturn Gordon Brown wins! Cameron cannot continue to follow the Blair blueprint of opposition. He will need to produce policies to show people he can get us out of a slump. The SNP needs less spin, although Salmonds a laugh, and more focus.
Andrew
November 7th, 2008 1:34am Report this commentWhat rubbish. This is about SNP losing the debate on independence not Gordon Brown.
If the Scots like him they should keep.
TrevorsDen
November 7th, 2008 8:10am Report this commentReally these scares fro Joseph and Colin should fool nobody.
This is a problem for the SNP not tories. A couple of other local byelections reflect the current national picture.
Indeed the Tories are shown to be wise to be cautious on tax cuts as this election was a vote on the SNP record which they failed dismally to defend. Labour hit them with scare stories about care costs. The spectre at this feast was not 'Dave' but Thatcher whose name was waved to scare the Scottish labour babies.
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