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Go to Glasgow, Gordon – it'll be miles better for you



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Published Date: 09 July 2008
By Ross Lydall
WITH Gordon Brown's popularity ratings at record lows, what is more likely to endear himself to Labour's heartland voters: being seen to dine on an eight-course, 19-dish banquet alongside fellow world leaders at the G8 summit in Japan, or rolling up his sleeves and mixing it with the great unwashed in the East End of Glasgow?
Yet Mr Brown is expected to concentrate his efforts on the great affairs of state rather than dipping his toes in the muddy puddles of Glasgow East prior to the 24 July polling day. There are, after all, the "right long-term decisions" to be made. ...



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1

a proud doonhamer,

Dumfries 09/07/2008 02:21:14
Tony Blair... I am leading from the front.

Gordon Brown... I am cringing under the bed.

Says all you need to know about Labour.
2

Peter Curran,

Kirkliston 09/07/2008 07:13:28
Gordon Brown is displaying his two most marked characteristics - political vanity (the wish to posture on a world stage) and political cowardice (a craven fear of being where the real political action is).

The battle for the hearts and minds of the Glasgow East voters and will require a twin-pronged approach - a hard-headed, facts-driven approach and an appeal to the emotions of the voters. I am confident that the SNP can effectively handle the facts, because the facts are overwhelmingly favourable to their case.

The emotional side will demand careful attention, since it will be ruthlessly used by Labour, with an appeal to tribal loyalties and an attempt to play on the fears of voters about independence. After all, Labour have little else to play with - the facts are not on their side - a history of neglect, dereliction of duty to their constituents and a cynical regard for their economic plight.
3

donald,

glasgow 09/07/2008 07:19:55
Fat bustard dines on poor.
4

Dragonlord,

09/07/2008 10:18:40
Going to Glasgow won't help Brown. He already looks 10 years older, and unless he reduces fuel tax and helps reduce domestic fuel costs,and brings home our troops, there is nothing he can do to win this by-election. Bush and the US eccomomy are to blame, but as far as Glasgow voters are concerned, Brown will take the fall.
5

Winters,

Glasgow 09/07/2008 15:30:12
Ross Lydall:
I posted on this subject before. I made the point that
the much commented G8 dinner list of courses was just that. It was a menu, nothing more, nothing less. The dinner guests were statesmen from all over the world, each with there own likes and dislikes. Would you expect the Japanese government not to show their best hospitality? I would imagine the dinner guests are well used to state dinners and most would just eat a little and anyway those type of functions are really working lunches or dinners.

 

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