Time to halt this [pounds sterling]12bn gravy train; Action needed:...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......in the Wizard of Oz, the Labour party has at long last found some...us believe, the people of Glasgow East really are the salt of the...results to see if the people of Glasgow East really do regard 'work for...own entrepreneurial skills. Glasgow East is not beyond hope, ...

SILENCE KNOCKERS; PARTY CHIEFS ON THE GROUND Robertson TO SHOW UNITED...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  July 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......critics and hold on to Glasgow East. Strategists believe the...leaflets. The voters in Glasgow East don't want airs and graces...a string of visits to Glasgow East to support candidate John...of the fact I think the Labour Party have work to do. We have...determined to ...

Look who's not talking in Glasgow East

Scotland on Sunday;  July 6, 2008 ;     481 words ......the by-election circus rolls into Glasgow East it is fair to say Gordon Brown's party...eventually deliver a bright future for Glasgow East, Scotland, the UK, Europe, the world...prize of a sticker and a GBP 1 pack of Labour Party greeting cards. Five men outside Griers...Back at ...

Poll points to Labour by-election victory But survey says SNP will slash...

Scotland on Sunday;  July 13, 2008 ;     388 words ...LABOUR is heading for victory in the crucial Glasgow East by- election, but the...SNP's mere 17 per cent. Labour Party chiefs last night said...if the party loses Glasgow East, Brown could be forced...political constituency of Glasgow East and the results have...

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS: WHAT THE UK MEDIA SAID ABOUT GLASGOW EAST

The Sunday Herald;  July 20, 2008 ;     500 words ...MANY journalists have responded to the Glasgow East by-election not by analysing the main...newspaper. He described the area thus: "Glasgow East is the hardest, poorest place in Britain...McGovern of the Daily Mirror wrote: "Glasgow East is shaping up to be the biggest betting...

Labour's Glasgow East defeat is a portent of worse to come

The Independent - London;  July 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......decision to step down. Glasgow East was the party's third-safe...held to account for Glasgow East, and how far he can...that Labour lost Glasgow East largely on its record...and this week in Glasgow East, could see more than...the Prime Minister. Glasgow ...

JACK'S THE LAD; Straw to save face of the Labour Party.(Features)

Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales);  July 27, 2008 ;     572 words ...TO say that Labour's defeat in Glasgow East on Thursday night was a political earthquake would be...is he feted forever in history as the man who saved the Labour Party, but he can call himself the former Prime Minister for...Sounds impossible, doesn't it? So did Labour losing Glasgow ...

MP McFadden referees battle for soul of the Labour Party.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  July 23, 2008 ;     556 words ......and trade unions for the soul of the Labour Party, which will be played out this weekend...largest grassroots organisation of Labour Party members and supporters. It plans to...few hours after the results of the Glasgow East by-election are announced. Labour...quoting Labour at 4-11 ...

Glasgow East is Brown's dirty little secret: a hideous, costly social...

The Spectator;  July 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ......home of the murky Scottish Labour party and a press corps whom Mr...and David Marshall, MP for Glasgow East, stood down due to 'ill health...fifth place in Henley, losing Glasgow East would send a chilling message...one of them is safe. Yet Glasgow East symbolises -- as ...

Why the PM should visit Glasgow East EDITORIAL

The Sunday Herald;  July 13, 2008 ;     542 words ......solution at all. As the by-election in Glasgow East enters its second week of campaigning...should stay in London. The parallels with Glasgow East are glaringly obvious. Brown's administration...shows disrespect for the electorate of Glasgow East that can only play into the SNP's ...

Once again, Alex Salmond has rolled the dice and won - as a devastated...

The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  July 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ......MacLeod SPECULATION that Labour defeat in Glasgow East would bring down this Prime Minister...humiliating result for the People's Party. Glasgow East was tribally Labour, long held and with...no local organisation. The streets of Glasgow East hadn't been canvassed in decades and...

Brown loses `must win' and `safe' Glasgow East by-poll

The Hindustan Times;  July 25, 2008 ;     335 words ......Gordon Brown has lost the "must-win" Glasgow East by-election. According to The Sun, Labour...would seize power with ease. The loss of Glasgow East will almost certainly spark a summer...Christmas. The SNP's John Mason won Glasgow East on a 42 per cent turnout. Senior Labour...

Eck's jibe over lost weekend; BATTLE FOR GLASGOW EAST.(News)

Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  July 6, 2008 ;     129 words ......candidate after their first two choices for Glasgow East pulled out. On a visit to the area...Scotland, they don't have a candidate in Glasgow East, and they have a Prime Minister who...any right to represent the people of Glasgow East. He added: Curran will go into the election...

IT'S MAKE YOUR MINDS UP TIME; Parties launch votes push in final week...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  July 21, 2008 ;     417 words ......final by-election push to woo undecided Glasgow East voters. A third of voters have not decided...Nick Weinberg said: At any other time, Glasgow East would be regarded as a relatively safe...earthquake is on the way. The ground in Glasgow East is shuddering. The SNP unveiled three...

The moment to break out of the broken society Hopeless welfare dependency...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  July 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......time in a few months I found myself in Glasgow East, the Labour seat in which there will...north- western suburb, to Calton in Glasgow East, but the difference in life expectancy...Although the official unemployment rate for Glasgow East may seem relatively high at just below...