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SNP stuns Labour in Glasgow East
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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Gordon Brown and senior Labour MPs are to meet trade union leaders to hammer out the policies which the party will adopt at the next general election. (article 11)
The unions, which account for the vast majority of party funding, are expected to put 100 demands to the government seeking new rights for workers. (article 11)
The result, following a series of other recent Labour election defeats, will strengthen expectations that Labour's 11 years in power may be nearing an end and that it could lose the next general election, due by 2010. (article 6)
Brown and Labour have been hurt by the credit crisis, which has hit economic growth and sent house prices sliding, as well as by rising food and energy bills. (article 6)
There is a growing consensus among political pundits and bookmakers that Labour will hold the seat - the third safest in Scotland - albeit with a dramatically reduced margin. (article 7)
Gordon Brown was dealt a devastating blow early this morning when Labour tumbled to an extraordinary defeat in the Glasgow East by-election. (article 3)
John Mason, the SNP candidate and Glasgow councillor, pulled off a stunning victory, overturning a 13,507 Labour majority at the general election in 2005, to win by 365 votes from Labour's Margaret Curran. (article 3)
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Labour, SNP, Glasgow, Curran, election |
Source articles
- Alex Salmond is main attraction in Glasgow East by-election campaign (timesonline.co.uk, 07/23/2008, 606 words)
- Analysis: the Glasgow East result shows that Labour has nowhere to hide (timesonline.co.uk, 07/24/2008, 440 words)
- SNP stuns Labour with triumph in Glasgow East (timesonline.co.uk, 07/22/2008, 422 words)
- Shockwaves resonate for Labour (BBC News, 07/25/2008, 759 words)
- In quotes: Glasgow East reaction (BBC News, 07/25/2008, 245 words)
- Election loss deals crushing blow to UK's Brown (Washington Post, 07/24/2008, 232 words)
- Labour tipped to hold Glasgow East (ft.com, 07/23/2008, 652 words)
- SNP delivers political earthquake (BBC News, 07/25/2008, 891 words)
- SNP stuns Labour in Glasgow East (BBC News, 07/25/2008, 353 words)
- Warwick, not Glasgow, can hurt Brown (timesonline.co.uk, 07/24/2008, 348 words)
- Brown set for union policy summit (BBC News, 07/25/2008, 332 words)
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