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Wednesday, 9th July 2008

Labour's latest problem in Glasgow East

James Forsyth 8:56am

After an embarrassingly drawn out selection process with potential candidates dropping out or refusing Prime Ministerial entreaties to enter the fray, Labour has a candidate in Glasgow East, Margaret Curran who is currently a Glasgow MSP. But there’s a problem: she’s not the only Curran in the race. There is also a Frances Curran who is standing for the Scottish Socialist Party. Just to compound the problem for Labour, Frances’s name will appear ahead of Margaret’s on the ballot paper.

If this by-election turns out to be a close run affair, the votes lost to Labour by this confusion could cost it the seat; The Times reports that at the last Scottish Parliament election there were an above average number of spoilt ballot papers in part of the constituency. Gordon Brown would never have made general in Napoleon Bonaparte’s army.

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Joe Blogs

July 9th, 2008 9:25am

Tee hee, you couldn't make it up!

Unfortunately, there might just be people who look down the list of parties and stick their cross next to "Labour".

Disraeli's Ghost

July 9th, 2008 9:43am

Same colours too

Nick

July 9th, 2008 9:57am

Napoleon liked generals who were lucky. Whatever Cyclops is it isn't lucky.

Ben Elford

July 9th, 2008 9:59am

Clearly, this calls for a special ballot paper to be produced with only one name on it, to save confusion. If that's not possible under existing equality legislation, why not introduce an emergency measure?

Notting Hill Billy

July 9th, 2008 9:59am

Do they know up there, that Labour aren't socialists anymore?

Mike, Brighton

July 9th, 2008 10:04am

What else can go wrong? I shudder to think ....

William

July 9th, 2008 10:11am

Couple of quotes from John Mason, the SNP candidate -

"There is no such thing as Britain or British. I am Scottish, never British. My goal in my political life is to bring Britain to an end."

"One person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter."

John

July 9th, 2008 1:06pm

Ben, please don't. They may well take you up on it. They have done just about everything else.

cuffleyburgers

July 9th, 2008 4:11pm

Mr Brown would never have made General in anybody's army.

He's an indecisive coward and not capable intellectually of organising a piss up in a brewery, and has no man management skills what ever.

The quality of the leadership in the army is far above anything we see in parliament, and most of the cock ups we read about are caused by politicians interfering, as are a substantial proportion of deaths.

Craig Strachan

July 9th, 2008 4:11pm

SNP candidate John Mason.

Will Celtic supporters vote for a Mason? Even one who is a dead ringer for Elton John?

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