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• Labour hails thumping victory

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Party increases share of vote to 60%, pushing Scottish National party into distant second place Ministers today hailed Labours win in the Glasgow North East byelection as evidence that the party could defy poor UK-wide poll ratings and pull off a fourth consecutive election victory. Labour increased its share of the ...
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• Glasgow North East byelection: City preparing for far-right rally as fears grow of Scottish rise in neo-nazi groups

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Tensions surge after BNP comes fourth in Glasgow North East byelection Police in Glasgow are preparing for angry confrontations tomorrow between anti-racist campaigners and supporters of the far-right English Defence League as fears grow of a rise in activity by Scottish fascist groups. Tensions over the activities ...
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• Politics Weekly podcast: Glasgow North East byelection, Majors parliamentary reform plan, and Browns immigration proposals

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 157
  This week Julian Glover , Georgina Henry and Lesley Riddoch join me – flying solo while Tom Clark is on holiday – to discuss the Glasgow North East byelection , proposals to make parliaments less pliable and immigration. Lesley reports that the byelection count itself was not worth staying up for but all ...
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• Labour win demolishes SNP hopes

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Scottish secretary Jim Murphy says 60% of vote gives Labour shot of confidence for general election The SNPs claims that it could win 20 seats at the general election have been demolished by Labours "thumping" victory in Glasgow North East, the Scottish secretary, Jim Murphy, claimed today. Murphy said the landslide ...
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• Labour won, but it did not inspire| James Mitchell

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 157
  The Glasgow North East vote came down to a simple bidding war on localness. There should be more to politics than this The SNP has had some sensational byelection victories over the years, but we shouldnt forget that these were exceptional – thats what made them sensations. The SNP victory over a year ago in ...
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• SNP throws in towel to Labour in Glasgow North East byelection

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  • SNP suffers second defeat in three byelections • Protest vote blamed as BNP takes fourth place Labour celebrated an emphatic victory in the Glasgow North East byelection early this morning, boosting Gordon Browns attempts to rally his weary party as it prepares for the general election. The margin of Labours ...
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• Glasgow North East byelection – live

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Minute-by-minute coverage throughout the day as Labour and SNP clash in key byelection 12.16pm: Heres a good picture of Kerr visiting a polling station at Scaraway nursery school in the north of the city. Nice car. 12.11pm: LabourLists Alex Smith is also following events on a blog throughout the day. He ...
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• Glasgow North East by-election

  
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  The seat was vacated by former Commons Speaker Michael Martin, who resigned amid the Westminster expenses row. Voters will go to the polls today to elect one of 13 candidates as an MP. The parties have set a goal to knock on thousands of doors in the constituency, amid predictions turnout on polling day could be ...
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• Eddie Izzard backs Labour in Glasgow North East byelection

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Comedian shows his support for candidate Willie Bain as all four main parties make final push ahead of tomorrows vote The comedian Eddie Izzard has backed Labours candidate in the Glasgow North East byelection after visiting the partys base on the last day of campaigning. Izzard arrived at Labours campaign ...
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• The battle for Glasgow North East

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  From George Galloway to the BNP, John Harris talks to the many byelection players John Harris Natalie Hanman Mustafa Khalili
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• Alex Salmond accused of abusing official hospitality

  
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  Labour and Tories round on Scottish first minister after it emerges he twice entertained his dentist and his wife at public expense The Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond, was today accused of abusing official hospitality after it emerged that he had twice entertained his dentist and his wife at public expense. ...
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• Fears over BNP prospects in byelection

  
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  Nick Griffin gets friendly reception from some shoppers in swift tour of constituency, which goes to the polls on Thursday Alan Johnson called for a debate on immigration aimed at the "moderate majority" today after the British National party forced itself on to the agenda in the Glasgow North East byelection. The ...
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• Start advertising in Scottish papers, councils in Scotland are told

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Main Scottish titles suffering after council job adverts transferred online The government has urged councils in Scotland to go back to advertising jobs in Scottish newspapers to help reverse a steep decline in the sales and popularity of the countrys main titles. Scotland Office ministers warned that Scotlands ...
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• Labour sends in big guns for byelection

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Alistair Darling and Alan Johnson will join Labours candidate, Willie Bain, in the Glasgow North East constituency today, following Gordon Browns visit on Friday Two senior cabinet ministers will visit Glasgow today to help drum up votes for Labour as campaigning in the citys byelection enters its last days. ...
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• Nationalism has become the N-word | Ewan Crawford

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  The civic self-determination movements of the SNP and Plaid Cymru dont deserve the same label as far-right racists Nationalists, it seems, are everywhere and on the march. In the past seven days alone the Guardian has drawn our attention to nationalists in Israel, Poland, Cyprus, Russia, France, Bosnia and even ...
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• Scotland signs up to Climate Group

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Move will allow Alex Salmonds Scottish nationalist government to build alliances with small states, city councils and major companies pressing for deep and binding cuts in CO2 emissions Alex Salmonds Scottish nationalist government has joined California and New York city in a global alliance of small states, city ...
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• SNP candidate accused of fibbing

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  David Kerr accused of misrepresentation after leaflets from previous campaign emerge claiming he was born in Cumbernauld Alex Salmond has accused Labour of resorting to "desperate" tactics in the Glasgow North East byelection after the Scottish National partys candidate was accused of "fibbing" about where he was ...
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• Murphy or Purcell: the best of enemies

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Will one of these two Labour heavyweights and allies step aside to give the other a clear run? Last Monday Jim Murphy, the secretary of state for Scotland, was discovering that the business of building an empire can entail glaur and glamour in the same hour. On that afternoon he was being driven around the grey ...
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• Salmond lucky omen boosts SNP hopes

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Fate has moved its mighty hand, nationalist first minister tells Glasgow North East Alex Salmond claimed today that the Scottish National partys hopes of winning the Glasgow North East byelection have been boosted after he drew a "lucky omen" in a Gala bingo hall. The first minister said "fate has moved its mighty ...
  2 weeks ago

• Electricity lines: Power to the people

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 157
  Electricity is invisible; unfortunately the structures that carry it across the country are not. When, in 1928, Sir Reginald Blomfield gave his architectural approval to the six-armed steel monsters that now stalk Britain, the electrification of the country was a national priority. Little thought was given to the ...
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