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Article: MESS, PRIME MINISTER; LABOUR IN CRISIS.. Brown reels from Glasgow East by-election fiasco, economic nightmare and calls for him to quit.(News)

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Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
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July 26, 2008
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Byline: By Kevin Schofield and Magnus Gardham

GORDON Brown was fighting for his political life last night after Labour's humiliating defeat in the Glasgow East by-election.

The SNP's stunning victory in the previously rock-solid Labour seat sent shockwaves through the party and led to fresh calls for him to quit.

One MP told the Daily Record it was "inevitable" that Brown would be gone by the time of the next general election, expected in 2010.

Union chiefs, who met senior Labour figures including Brown yesterday to plot the party's ...

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