General Election 2010 – Glasgow East revisited after the ‘earthquake’
John Mason: 'It's my job to work as hard as I can.' First Minister Alex Salmond famously hailed John Mason’s SNP gain in Glasgow East as ‘not only a political earthquake – but off the Richter scale’....
View ArticleLabour takes Glasgow East from SNP
Margaret Curran has taken Glasgow East for Labour – turning John Mason’s 365 vote majority in 2008 into a 12,000 vote majority for Labour this time. The candidates polled as follows: Frances Curran,...
View ArticleLabour’s shadow cabinet take their seats
The new shadow Cabinet prepare for business. Leader Johann Lamont (second right) has her deputy Anas Sarwar on her immediate right. Johann Lamont, the new Scottish Labour Party Leader wasted no time in...
View ArticleAlison does what Pele says
Speaker Alison Walker with Club President Norman Ferguson Sports journalist Alison Walker is learning Portuguese – because the famous Pele told her to! This was one of the many things she revealed to...
View ArticleScottish Labour launches manifesto
Jim Murphy launched the Scottish Labour Party’s manifesto today with promises of give-aways for young people, 1000 extra nurses, 500 more GPs and a £200 million Cancer Fund as well as a £200 million...
View ArticleVictory is sweet
A triumphal arrival awaited Nicola Sturgeon at the Glasgow count. Although no seat had been declared at that point, it seemed clear that the Scottish National Party had made a clean sweep in the city’s...
View ArticleResults by Constituency
Margaret Curran (in red dress) lost her Glasgow East seat to Natalie McGarry of SNP (in black and white dress) with the biggest swing of the night at 39% Glasgow East showed that 60.31% of the...
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