MPs who return from canvassing in Glasgow East are full of talk about the broken society or the challenges of urban regeneration, depending on which party they belong to. But Kevin Maguire rather wickedly reports that the Labour deputy leader had a very different experience:
Maguire notes that Harman failed to convert any of them to the Labour cause.“To the Glasgow East by-election, where Labour foot soldiers swap stories of a 90-minute state visit by Hattie Harperson. The multitasker was directed to a swanky road in the deprived constituency where detached houses nudge a million quid each. Up the gravel drive she went, past the new 4x4s, to canvass. Twenty minutes later she returned. What did Hattie discuss with the owners? Tax credits? Jobs? Schools? Err . . . showjumping.”
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