http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4397000.ece wrote:
Labour MP calls for Brown to quit after by-election humiliation
The Cabinet must tell Gordon Brown it’s time to quit, a Labour MP said today, beginning what is expected to become a clamour for his resignation.
Graham Stringer said that it was time for a “new start†in the wake of the loss of Labour’s 25th safest seat, Glasgow East, in yesterday’s by-election.
[...]
Labour had hoped that their appalling run of electoral losses would end in one of Scotland’s greatest Labour strongholds. The SNP’s John Mason, however, ended the party's 84-year grip on the constituency, declaring the victory as "not just a political earthquake, it is off the Richter scaleâ€.
Labour Cabinet Minister’s were forced to accept the severity of the defeat.
Des Browne, Secretary of State for Defence and Scotland, claimed that Margaret Curran, the popular Labour candidate, had run a good campaign but could not fight off the national hostility to the Government.
The Cabinet must tell Gordon Brown it’s time to quit, a Labour MP said today, beginning what is expected to become a clamour for his resignation.
Graham Stringer said that it was time for a “new start†in the wake of the loss of Labour’s 25th safest seat, Glasgow East, in yesterday’s by-election.
[...]
Labour had hoped that their appalling run of electoral losses would end in one of Scotland’s greatest Labour strongholds. The SNP’s John Mason, however, ended the party's 84-year grip on the constituency, declaring the victory as "not just a political earthquake, it is off the Richter scaleâ€.
Labour Cabinet Minister’s were forced to accept the severity of the defeat.
Des Browne, Secretary of State for Defence and Scotland, claimed that Margaret Curran, the popular Labour candidate, had run a good campaign but could not fight off the national hostility to the Government.
Most of the newspapers are saying it's not so much a vote for independance as a protest against Brown (from the article, it's common for small parties to win by-elections and then lose them again come the general election, which has more effect on who runs the country). It's still very bad news for labour. I wonder how Brown will react?
/haggard face
/briefcase
/do nothing