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Published Date: 03 November 2008
The absolute determination of the media to hand victory at Glenrothes to Gordon Brown is glaringly obvious and, in the context of the Scottish media, particularly unpalatable.
With no activist base left and Labour help being shipped in from south of the Border, we have been treated to a succession of media-centred stunts as the Labour campaign. The latest of these was a sally into the fray by a spokesman from a well known firm of bookmakers who offered the information that his company had "not taken a penny on the SNP" since Gordon Brown visited the constituency.

This is probably true, but not all of the truth, I would bet.

The fact is that Labour has always been favourite to hold Glenrothes and the bookmaker's games are just part of the massive spin effort to present an unavoidable poor result for Labour in the best possible light.

DAVID McEWAN HILL
Tom Nan Ragh
Dalinlongart, Argyll



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  • Last Updated: 02 November 2008 8:02 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Steve,

Bo'ness 03/11/2008 00:29:28
The Scotsman: Guilty as charged
2

Martinh,

03/11/2008 08:52:39
Another ridiculous conspiracy theory letter, verging on the paranoic. Actually its the voters in Glenrothes who will decide on who they want as their next MP, not the bookmakers. The spin doctors of all the parties will be in overdrive however, composing their various responses to the eventual result.
3

Alastair the First,

03/11/2008 11:23:48
Yes, but the bookie's spokesman was lying. I know of at least one individual who put money on the SNP with that particular company about 2 days before the statement was issued. It's not paranoia, it's just the way the unionist-controlled media work.
4

Martinh,

03/11/2008 11:39:19
#4. So presumably that will be the official SNP line if Labour win on thursday, that it was due to a wicked conspiracy between the Unionist press and the bookmakers? Or if the SNP win it will be 'Glenrothes voters defy the bookmakers and unionist press to reject a Westminster sycophant?'

Bookmakers are poltically neutral, they are there to make money for themselves and that's all there is to it. Your lot had 1200 activists in Glenrothes over the weekend, a formidable achievement by any standards. The Labour campaign seems to have been weak and ineffectual by comparison, what with the SB stage managed visit gone wrong, and GBs selective appearances too. Salmond however is pulling out all the stops, with multiple visits, and leafletting the whole constituency in under 4 hours is by any definition remarkable. Don't you believe your own propaganda?
5

bill-alba,

fife 03/11/2008 14:03:14
#5 it was the britnats who were making up the story about the betting not the snp!
6

Daibhidh,

Edinburgh 03/11/2008 15:27:20
Martinh, you are one extremely niave person...of course it's all rigged...just like the British Empire raped, pillaged and stitched up countries the world over...you carry on living comfortably in your little cotton wool-lined bunker, the rest of us will embrace reality..
7

Amanda Huginkiss,

03/11/2008 18:08:44
7# There's nothing real in your distorted view of the British Empire, matey. It certainly created countries, but did not rape, pillage or stitch them up.
Try reading a little history instead of making it up.
8

arc of insolvency,

04/11/2008 20:28:03
DAVID McEWAN HILL you are the typical SNP supporter blame everyone else because you have nothing else to offer. Pathetic

 

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