Article: OH MY GORD! NATS WIN IT; GLASGOW EAST BY-ELECTION SENSATION Disaster for PM as Labour lose 'safe' seat.(News)

Byline: By Magnus Gardham

GORDON Brown is today facing disaster after the SNP celebrated a stunning victory in the Glasgow East by-election.

Nats candidate John Mason achieved a massive swing to take the once rock-solid Labour seat.

He got 11,277 votes to Labour candidate Margaret Curran's 10, 912.

It was a majority of just 365 - but represented the "political earthquake" SNP leader Alex Salmond had predicted. It was the biggest upset in Labour's Scottish heartlands since the loss of Glasgow Govan in 1988.

In his victory speech, ...

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