Result: Glasgow East

kiwi ukipper · 25-07-2008, 03:06 AM

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Results

John Mason(SNP): 11,277 votes (43%) Majority: 365

*Margaret Curran(Labour): 10,912 (41.6%)

Davena Rankin (Conservative): 1,639 (6.3%)

Ian Robertson(Liberal Democrat): 915 (3.5%)

Others: 876 (3.3%)

Turnout: 42.25%

Glasgow by-election disaster for Brown - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

So, how long can Brown hold on? And who can replace him?

blueblood1920 · 25-07-2008, 07:54 AM

I didnt even expect Labour to lose this seat

Labour are in a major major crisis.

Dissident Congress · 25-07-2008, 09:45 AM

A black day for Labour. Oh those miserable reds can go and cry their eyes out.

I'm wondering if GB isn't going to make it to the next general election as leader.

Mikeuk · 25-07-2008, 09:58 AM

It's time to open a new chapter in British history.

Step forward the Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP.

Wowbanger TIP · 25-07-2008, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikeuk

It's time to open a new chapter in British history.

Step forward the Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP.

That would hardly constitute a new chapter. Merely another paragraph in the over extended, hopelessly lost, rambling irrelevance in the chapter entitled Decline and Fall of British Civilization 1945 - 2010.

This is a sensational result though. On Labour's current form the question is not so much who will be the next leader but if the Party can survive as a serious political force. This was the twenty fifth safest seat in the land. Even accounting for the special circumstances of by election politics if Labour have been reduced to this now imagine what will happen in the 2010 GE by which time the economy will be in total ruins.

We have a situation in the UK now similar to that in the US. We have a couple of candidates frantically milling around in a battle to see who will be on the last chair when the music stops. Personally I think they must be mad, the prize for winning this contest is not a Hanna Montana Jigsaw but for a niche in the great halls of history alongside Nero, Nixon, Mussolini and Montezuma II.

Little Englander (sour) · 25-07-2008, 10:41 AM

Rejoice, rejoice, a win for the SNP and a step closer to the demise of the United (ha ha) Kingdom.

Roll on!.

Aardvark · 25-07-2008, 10:50 AM

It can only get worse for Labour. They have lost control of the economy. They have no safe seats at by-elections. Brown will never be re-elected and a change of leader is like shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic.

The momentum, however, will see voters rally behind Cameron and UKIP could disappear as could most LibDem MPs.

Dissident Congress · 25-07-2008, 11:10 AM

Camoron the dipstick won't change anything if his Tories win the next election. He will continue the NuLab project whilst Labour on the opposition benches squabble over which direction and strategy to take.

Something tells me that both Bliar and Camoron have been planted as leaders by the same people who pull the strings of politics and devised the NuLab project.

Aardvark · 25-07-2008, 12:32 PM

Don't keep us in suspense DC, name names.

Wowbanger TIP · 25-07-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Aardvark

It can only get worse for Labour. They have lost control of the economy. They have no safe seats at by-elections. Brown will never be re-elected and a change of leader is like shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic.

The momentum, however, will see voters rally behind Cameron and UKIP could disappear as could most LibDem MPs.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

25-07-2008, 09:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
Dissident Congress Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 750	A black day for Labour. Oh those miserable reds can go and cry their eyes out. I'm wondering if GB isn't going to make it to the next general election as leader. __________________ Dissident Congress Promoting Populist Patriotism Our Nation - Our People - Our Heritage - Our Future

25-07-2008, 10:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
Little Englander (sour) Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 949 Party: English Democrats	Rejoice, rejoice, a win for the SNP and a step closer to the demise of the United (ha ha) Kingdom. Roll on!. __________________ Little Englander (bigoted)

25-07-2008, 10:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
Aardvark Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oxonia Posts: 3,987	It can only get worse for Labour. They have lost control of the economy. They have no safe seats at by-elections. Brown will never be re-elected and a change of leader is like shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic. The momentum, however, will see voters rally behind Cameron and UKIP could disappear as could most LibDem MPs. __________________ When in Woking do as the Wokes do. "I do not wish to form my opinions by thoughtlessly quoting others; I wish others to support their opinions by sensibly quoting me." Paul Wesson (Aardvark) 13th April 2008

25-07-2008, 11:10 AM	#8 (permalink)
Dissident Congress Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 750	Camoron the dipstick won't change anything if his Tories win the next election. He will continue the NuLab project whilst Labour on the opposition benches squabble over which direction and strategy to take. Something tells me that both Bliar and Camoron have been planted as leaders by the same people who pull the strings of politics and devised the NuLab project. __________________ Dissident Congress Promoting Populist Patriotism Our Nation - Our People - Our Heritage - Our Future

25-07-2008, 12:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
Aardvark Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oxonia Posts: 3,987	Don't keep us in suspense DC, name names. __________________ When in Woking do as the Wokes do. "I do not wish to form my opinions by thoughtlessly quoting others; I wish others to support their opinions by sensibly quoting me." Paul Wesson (Aardvark) 13th April 2008

25-07-2008, 07:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
blueblood1920 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Liverpool Posts: 1,248 Party: BNP	I didnt even expect Labour to lose this seat Labour are in a major major crisis.

25-07-2008, 09:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mikeuk Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fareham Posts: 5,758 Party: Conservatives	It's time to open a new chapter in British history. Step forward the Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP.

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