Ed Miliband may be relieved at last week’s by-election result in Inverclyde, but for Labour in Scotland, it was no better than a draw. Labour held the seat with almost the same share as the late David Cairns in what was a good general election result for Labour locally and in Scotland. That’s the good […]
Posts Tagged ‘Iain Gray’
Inverclyde result was a draw. It’ll take more than an Irn-Bru re-branding to turn it round.
Jul 7th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.
Time to bury New Labour in Scotland
May 7th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.The results in Scotland are a disaster for Labour, but they are a disaster made in Scotland. According to poll results, in a Westminster election, Labour’s support in Scotland would be slightly up on last year’s General election, which was itself, at 42%, a good result for Labour, up 2.5% on 2005. Not that this should […]
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The Tories: fear them, hate them by all means, but be in awe of their genius
May 6th, 2011 by Owen Jones.For many Labour supporters who woke up this morning, this is what ‘schadenfreude’ was introduced into the lexicon for. The smell of toast Lib Dem wafted through their windows up and down the country. In the year since Britain fell back under Tory domination, the most passionate vitriol has been reserved for the Lib Dems: […]
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Why is Scottish Labour under-performing? Too fixated on Westminster?
Apr 21st, 2011 by Jon Lansman.NOW UPDATED The latest You Gov poll for Scotland on Sunday shows that the SNP are favourites to form the next Scottish Government — a dramatic turnaround from only a few weeks ago. It implies that the SNP could govern much more easily as a minority, or form a majority government with any party it […]
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Labour leading in Scotland
Mar 30th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.The latest poll points to a Labour lead in the battle for the Scottish Parliament by 7% over the SNP in the regional votes which are normally the best predictor of the seats each party is likely to win. The YouGov poll shows that Labour is likely to do worse in the constituency elections — […]
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Poll blow for Labour in Scotland
Feb 16th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.As the SNP launch their campaign for the Scottish Parliament elections, Labour faces a much closer fight than it hoped according to the latest Ipsos MORI poll for the Times (£). Whereas the same pollsters put Labour 10 points ahead of the SNP in November and another pollster had Labour 16 points ahead last month, […]
