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Published Date: 06 November 2008
POLLING got under way today in the closely-fought Glenrothes by-election as voters pick a new MP.
Labour had a majority of more than 10,000 in the seat at the last general election in 2005, but the SNP overturned a bigger deficit to win Glasgow East earlier this summer.

Glenrothes is next door to Gordon Brown's Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency and if Labour loses, opponents will use the result to cast fresh doubt on his leadership.

Mr Brown and his wife Sarah have both joined the campaign in Glenrothes, but First Minister Alex Salmond has visited more than ten times and is confident the SNP can pull off another shock.

The by-election was caused by the death of Labour MP John MacDougall.

Voters were also going to the polls in Edinburgh's Forth ward to pick a councillor after the death of Labour's Elizabeth Maginnis.





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  • Last Updated: 06 November 2008 9:51 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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steve 1511,

aberdeen 06/11/2008 12:42:35
labour majority is about to disapear quicker than comrade broon the ditherer when a crisis gripes the country,

broon and the libeour sleaze and corruption party are doomed,doomed
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57vintage,

Keith 06/11/2008 16:24:24
What a headline.

Back to 'dog bites man' next week, I expect.

Still, I suppose the Nats will still find some subliminal "onionist" or "liebore" (they're such witty cards) message inherent in its content.

'mon the wee parties (apart from the loony UKIP, like).
3

Truth Teller www.oilofscotland.org,

06/11/2008 21:28:35
All at www.oilofscotland.org would like wish the Scottish Government and the SNP all the best in the coming by election at Glenrothes

If another MP with Scotland's interest's at heart is elected into Westminster, this MP and the other 58 Scottish MP's could still be beaten 11 - 1 on anti Scottish policies brought before Westminster with its 529 English MP's. (NB there used to be 72 Scottish MP's till they were culled to 52 in 2005)

However one more Scottish voice would be best for Scotland's interests rather than a English Labour Party controlled puppet. (who is campaigning on issues out with his remit as an Westminster MP as disclosed by Newsnight Scotland)

250,000 tonnes of radio active waste from London's 2012 Olympic site to be dumped in Falkirk, Scotland.

Maybe this SNP voice could condemn the "Secret decision to dump 250,000 tonnes of RADIO ACTIVE waste from the London 2012 Olympic Site in Landfill in Falkirk".

Green Party MSP Robin Harper said "Should Scotland's legacy from the Olympic Games really be hundreds of tons of polluted soil?" As reported on the front page of the Daily Mail Sunday the 2nd of November 2008.

BEFORE YOU VOTE READ THE "TOP SECRET" MCCRONE OIL REPORT

Read this "Top Secret" report before you vote, as it was kept secret from the Scottish people for over 30 years.

"the full significance of North Sea oil was not immediately apparent and it still remains in large measure disguised from the Scottish public by the DTI’s"


http://www.oilofscotland.org/mccrone_oil_reports.html

or if you prefer a pdf

http://www.oilofscotland.org/mccronereport.pdf

or read the classified version

http://www.oilofscotland.org/MccronereportScottishOffice.pdf
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Truth Teller www.oilofscotland.org,

http://www.glenrothesbyelection.co.uk 07/11/2008 01:02:16
In one of Scotland's safest Labour seats, the SNP have gained 4478 supporters since 2005.

That is 13% up - 8.16% to the SNP

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Labour have managed to hold onto the Glenrothes by election (a safe Labour seat with a 10k majority in 2005) by 551 less votes than they had in 2005.

This victory can be put down to the fact that, Gordon Brown and his Brown Bounce has been hailed "for the moment" as the leading figure in World Wide credit crunch politics, a credit crunch caused by the banking industry that, Gordon Brown de-regulated. However the coming recession in the Britain is being hailed as the worst amongst in the developed world.

This victory could also be put down to the global credit crunch and the failure of Icelandic banks and HBOS and RBS. The unfair spin that Labour has made over comments made by Alex Salmond's in 2005 on the arc of prosperity
in Independent Countries like Norway, Ireland and Iceland. An arc of prosperity that did exist until the global banking crisis, when the non oil producing Iceland and Ireland did suffer in the crisis. Unlike Norway.

Other aspects that contributed to this result is the timing of the election, leaving the votes only 42 days to register to vote. By election campaigning by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Glenrothes. The fact that his candidates and the entire Labour party have been miss leading, campaigning on local issues, like home care, (that only effects around 200 people) that have, nothing to do with a Westminster based MP.
5

John Knox furr First Meenister,

Not Aberdeen 07/11/2008 01:12:57
#1 Steve! Spot on as usual, I see!


Labour, 19,946
SNP 13,209

 

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