Last-minute push in crucial by-election
Published Date:
23 July 2008
LABOUR today mounted a final push in the Glasgow East by-election by knocking on 10,000 doors in the constituency.
Its candidate, Margaret Curran, began the final day of the campaign with a street-corner speech outside a bingo hall.
Voters cast their verdict tomorrow in a constituency where Labour is defending a majority of 13,507.
Loss of what would normally be one of its safest seats would be disastrous for Labour and raise questions over the future of Gordon Brown.
And in what is expected to be a tight result, the outcome could hang on factors as prosaic as the weather – light rain is forecast.
The SNP's final day of campaigning included a visit to a bowling club by Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and comedienne Elaine C Smith with candidate John Mason, a Glasgow councillor.
First Minister Alex Salmond, who has been in the constituency almost every day, raised the stakes by declaring the contest to be a "test of strength" between his government and Gordon Brown's.
The full article contains 178 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.
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Last Updated:
23 July 2008 1:34 PM
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Source:
Edinburgh Evening News
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Location:
Edinburgh
