Article: SILENCE KNOCKERS; PARTY CHIEFS ON THE GROUND Robertson TO SHOW UNITED FRONT AFTER SHAKY START Labour send big guns out on to the doorstep GLASGOW EAST By-Election.(Features)

Article: Lib Dem Scott begins fight for leadership
Evening News - Scotland;  July 15, 2008 ;     309 words ... ... Independent members after the SNP withdrew. The former transport minister will then join party activists in Glasgow East, where Lib Dem candidate Ian Robertson is standing for the Westminster seat. Mr Scott announced last week that he would go ...

Article: Labour MPs in Lib Dem sights.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  July 30, 2008 ;     515 words ... ... focus on unseating Labour MPs at the next general election. Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said he was switching resources from fighting ... the wake of last week's crushing by-election defeat in Glasgow East to the Scottish National Party (SNP). There are also reports ...

Article: PM crisis 'doomed Merseyside MPs' Lib-Dem leader to ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  July 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... astonishing 22.5pc swing that lost Labour last week's Glasgow East byelection and prompted fevered talk of a coup to bring down the Prime Minister. In a summer podcast for the Lib-Dem website, a bullish Mr Clegg said Labour was tearing itself ...

Article: Lib Dem dilemma
Evening Standard - London;  September 15, 2008 ;     450 words ... ... hurt the Lib- Dems. Their showing in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election in May was dire and their performance in the Glasgow East by-election and the London mayoral race was poor. They now need urgently to set out a credible strategy for challenging ...

Article: BRITAIN TODAY: Lib Dem choice; BY-ELECTION.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  July 4, 2008 ;     272 words ...LIBERAL Democrats have selected Glasgow maths teacher Ian Robertson, 30, to fight the Glasgow East by-election, following Labour MP David Marshall's resignation.

Article: Latest party crisis; GLASGOW EAST ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  July 25, 2008 ;     615 words ...THE SNP's shock win in Glasgow East is the latest in a series of by-election upsets for Labour ... Squire. Labour brought in MEP Catherine Stihler but could not stop Lib Dem Willie Rennie overturning their 11,562 majority. With a swing ...

Article: Tory-Lib-Dem fight for official opposition
Evening Mail;  April 5, 2000 ;     625 words ... ... sitting councillor): Amblecote: A Hubball (Lib Dem); *A G Livesey (Lab); P D Martin (Con ... Lab); R L James (Con); S R Ratcliff (Lib Dem). Brierley Hill: D Harley (Lib Dem); P B Martin (Con); *M Wilson (Lab ...