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A stunning victory (Fraser Nelson, 7/25/08, The Spectator)

It’s official – the SNP has taken Glasgow East with a majority in what is, quite simply, a stunning victory. [And quite result for Cameron, he’s pushed the Liberal Democrats into third place, getting real traction in a constituency where Tory vote is normally no higher than staff members and blood relatives]. This is most momentous Scottish by-election since Hillhead in 1982. The SNP’s greatest victory since the Hamilton by-election which put it on the map in 1967. And a result which ha

Catastrophe for Labour as SNP triumphs in Glasgow East (Severin Carrell and Allegra Stratton, July 25 2008, The Guardian)

Gordon Brown suffered his most severe byelection setback in a summer of electoral routs early this morning as the Scottish National party won a dramatic victory in the Glasgow East contest, taking the once staunch Labour seat with a majority of 365 votes.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 24, 2008 9:23 PM