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By-election roundup

Posted by: Editor in Election March 27, 2015, 6:04 p.m.

The results are in...

Following on from the stunning SNP win in Glenrothes West and Kinglassie here are the results for the other Scottish by-elections held yesterday.

SNP gain in Glenrothes West and Kinglassie

Posted by: Editor in Election, SNP March 27, 2015, 6 p.m.

SNP now control the town's area committee

SNP candidate, Craig Walker, takes over 55% of the vote in the Fife by-election. The second placed Labour candidate took just over 35%.

SNP tops 100,000 members

Posted by: Editor in SNP March 22, 2015, 5:55 p.m.

Will member no. 100,000 get a special prize?

The Real Co-op

Posted by: Editor in Labour March 11, 2015, 5:49 p.m.

The Co-op is "owned by our members"

The Co-op group (which includes the supermarket, insurance, banking and many other businesses) funds The Co-operative Party. It is a party which many people won't have heard about because it does not stand candidates in its own right in elections. Instead, the Co-operative Party works in an exclusive partnership with the Labour Party. Most customers of the Co-op won't be aware that their spending is funding Labour Party candidates.

Miliband in Salmond's pocket

Posted by: Editor in Labour, Tory March 9, 2015, 4:11 p.m.

SNP in Tory billboard (for England only?)

Grudging admiration?

Danny to unveil Union Flag

Posted by: Editor in Humour, LibDem March 1, 2015, 3:39 p.m.

Yes lost and don't you forget it

The Daily Mail is reporting that our old friend Danny Alexander will unveil a logo tomorrow which which will be placed onto any capital project funded by the UK government.

Ginger Rodent Stew

Posted by: Editor in LibDem Feb. 27, 2015, 3:35 p.m.

"It's Danny or the Nationalists"

It will be the Talk of the Glens all right but probably not for the reasons Danny would be hoping for.

Red Tories

Posted by: Editor Feb. 23, 2015, 2:06 p.m.

Yellow Tories and original blue Tories too

Anyone studying the policies supported by the three main Westminster parties in recent years would be hard pressed to find any significant differences between them. This close grouping of the Tories, LibDems and Labour as right wing parties has been confirmed by the website Political Compass (who plot the parties' policies on a chart measuring left/right and authoritarianism/libertarianism).

Money talks

Posted by: Editor in Campaign, Labour, LibDem, Scottish Greens, SNP, Tory, UKIP Feb. 20, 2015, 2 p.m.

Latest political party donations report illustrates double standards

Everyone involved in the referendum campaign (on either side) couldn't fail to remember the brouhaha about the Weir's donations to the Yes Campaign and the SNP.

Campaigning: Labour style

Posted by: Editor in Labour Feb. 12, 2015, 1:51 p.m.

Great photo op', wrong place

Labour candidate for Glenrothes and Central Fife, Melanie Ward and Labour health spokeswoman Jenny Marra decided to have their photo taken outside Glenwood Health Centre in Glenrothes as part of their campaign claiming that there was an NHS staffing problem.

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