The Glasgow East By-election 2008

'For the past decade, Labour MPs have sat around Westminster claiming generous expenses and feeling self-important, while most of the issues that concern their constituents are handled by the MSPs in Holyrood. The truth is, many of the Scottish Labour group in Westminster would find it very hard to survive in the rough and tumble of the Scottish Parliament. Look at Lord George Foulkes, the former Labour cabinet minister turned MSP, who has just won the paranoid buffoon of the year award for claiming that painting ScotRail carriages in the colours of the Saltire amounts to "brainwashing" by the Nationalist government. Labour's MPs have very little cause for self-congratulation: the fact is that if Glasgow East was replicated across Scotland, the only MP left north of the border would be Tom Clarke; that tells you all you need to know.'
Iain Macwhirter in the Herald, 4 th August 2008.

Glasgow East by-election, 24 th July 2008

The SNP's John Mason overturned a Labour majority of over 13,500 in Glasgow East

The result

Scottish National Party gain from Labour
SNP win Glasgow East 25 th July 2008
Earthquake in Glasgow East 25 th July 2008
SNP delivers political earthquake 25 th July 2008
The drama of the count 25 th July 2008
What does this mean for Brown? 25 th July 2008
SNP's previous successes 25 th July 2008
Swing would leave Labour with One Scots MP 25 th July 2008
SNP win in Glasgow East 25 th July 2008
In quotes 25 th July 2008
Election loss deals crushing blow to UK's Brown 25 th July 2008
Glasgow by-election disaster for Brown 25 th July 2008
Labour beaten in by-election shock 25 th July 2008
Analysis: the Glasgow East result shows that Labour has nowhere to hide 25 th July 2008
Brown's humiliation in Glasgow East: SNP demolishes Labour's 13,507 majority 25 th July 2008
Labour suffers humiliating defeat as SNP celebrates 25 th July 2008
Labour's former heartlands are clearly losing heart with Labour 25 th July 2008
Glasgow East byelection victory adds remarkable new chapter to SNP history 25 th July 2008
SNP shocks Labour with 365 majority 25 th July 2008
Nightmare result for Gordon Brown as SNP triumph over Labour in Glasgow East 25 th July 2008
SNP candidate John Mason pulls off shock victory in Glasgow East by-election after recount 25 th July 2008
Britain's ruling party loses key Scottish by-election 25 th July 2008
SNP stuns Labour in Glasgow East 25 th July 2008
Catastrophe for Labour as SNP triumphs in Glasgow East 25 th July 2008
Nightmare for Gordon Brown as safe party seat falls 25 th July 2008
Labor (sic) party suffers defeat in Scotland 25 th July 2008
BUAV: New MP for Glasgow East to push constituency as a centre for non-animal research 25 th July 2008
Epic loss has Labour in a spin 25 th July 2008
SNP win in Glasgow East 25 th July 2008
Labour hit by 'perfect storm' in Glasgow East: Analysis 25 th July 2008
For Brown, prospect is loss of leadership - and his own seat 25 th July 2008
Glasgow East byelection: key quotes 25 th July 2008
A broken rule of thumb in Glasgow 25 th July 2008
Salmond's 'trial of strength' is further step on nationalist road 25 th July 2008
Turnout is the killer fact for Gordon Brown 25 th July 2008
Election loss deals another bitter blow to Brown 25 th July 2008
SNP Win Labour 'Safe Seat' In By-Election Victory 25 th July 2008
SNP stuns Labour in Glasgow East 25 th July 2008
Will they, won't they? 25 th July 2008
How serious is defeat for Brown? 25 th July 2008
Salmond issues challenge to Brown 25 th July 2008
Labour voters react 25 th July 2008
The scale of the humiliation is hard to dodge 25 th July 2008
Even Brown would lose his seat if general election saw the same 22% swing as Glasgow East 25 th July 2008
Labour lose by-election in Scotland 25 th July 2008
Bitter blow to UK's Brown in local election loss 25 th July 2008
New blow for Brown as SNP inflicts by-election defeat 25 th July 2008
Losing Glasgow East will go down in Labour by-election folklore 25 th July 2008
Glasgow East by-election: One of the biggest ever upsets 25 th July 2008
Glasgow East revealed the empty heart of New Labour 25 th July 2008
Brown on the ropes after SNP knockout 25 th July 2008
Westminster trembles as the tremors of a historic SNP victory reverberate 25 th July 2008
Margo hails 'fantastic result' for Nationalists 25 th July 2008
I was wrong 25 th July 2008
SNP stuns Labour with triumph in Glasgow East 25 th July 2008
No hiding place for red faces 25 th July 2008
Dundee Nats say Labour's history 25 th July 2008
'Result will echo in Downing Street' 25 th July 2008
Glasgow East represents latest Labour upset in by-elections 25 th July 2008
No safe Labour seats left in Scotland, says Alex Salmond 25 th July 2008
Oh My Gord! Nats Win It 25 th July 2008
Brown has 'two months to save premiership' after Labour's crushing by-election defeat 25 th July 2008
Election loss deals blow to UK's Brown 25 th July 2008
Glasgow East reactions 25 th July 2008
Gordon Brown in crisis as Labour loses Glasgow East by-election 25 th July 2008
SNP political earthquake leaves Labour shaken up 25 th July 2008
SNP win stunning victory in Glasgow East by-election 25 th July 2008
The SNP triumph 26 th July 2008
After the earthquake, the landscape changes 26 th July 2008
Where it all started to go so wrong for Brown 26 th July 2008
Salmond: There are no safe Labour seats in Scotland 26 th July 2008
Party must learn lessons after loud wake-up call from voters 26 th July 2008
Now Fortress Labour is breached, what on earth is next? 26 th July 2008
No earthquake victim at 10 Downing Street É yet 26 th July 2008
Salmond's strategy on course, with eye to St Andrew's Day 2010 26 th July 2008
Time will tell if SNP win is truly a seismic shift 26 th July 2008
This is no isolated shock: it portrays a deep, dark electoral hole for Labour 26 th July 2008
Cameron deflects from poor Conservative result 26 th July 2008
Salmond: No safe seat for Labour in Scotland 26 th July 2008
Three failures in three weeks: a party fit for the fight? 26 th July 2008
Fed up, taken for granted, Étime for change 26 th July 2008
By-election fall-out - 'Labour's prospects do not look bright' 26 th July 2008
Britain: Labour faces wipe-out after defeat in Glasgow East 26 th July 2008
Labour Party's Defeat in Scotland Is Blow to Brown 26 th July 2008
The love affair with Labour that ended in a Glasgow kiss 26 th July 2008
Labour's Glasgow East defeat is a portent of worse to come 26 th July 2008
A truly dreadful result - no excuses 26 th July 2008
Salmond's triumph brings a whiff of Gaullism 26 th July 2008
Glasgow kisses goodbye to Labour 26 th July 2008
Earth moved for Alex Salmond as SNP claim 'extinction' of Labour 26 th July 2008
20 MPs would survive swing repeat 26 th July 2008
Is this as bad as it seems? 26 th July 2008
Labour warned there are no safe seats left in Scotland 26 th July 2008
Scottish voters snub Liberal Democrats 26 th July 2008
The election that could rock the nation to its core 26 th July 2008
Glasgow's howl of anger echoes across Britain 26 th July 2008
Glasgow East by-election win is just the start, warns jubilant SNP 26 th July 2008
By-election defeat leaves Labour in crisis as Gordon Brown fights for his political future 26 th July 2008
Salmond taunts Labour: 'You have no safe seats' 26 th July 2008
Political map could be redrawn 26 th July 2008
Liberal Democrat message 'has become blurred' 26 th July 2008
Labour heads for meltdown over by-election 27 th July 2008
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's.... Supernat 27 th July 2008
Salmond rewrites the rulebook 27 th July 2008
Collapse in support sees deposit lost 27 th July 2008
Gordon Brown's darkest hour 27 th July 2008
Scotland's new politics 27 th July 2008
Brown should go ... and we need a general election 27 th July 2008
The Prime Minister no-one wants 27 th July 2008
The Tide Of Political Optimism That Will Signal Extinction For Labours Political Dinosaurs 27 th July 2008
After the earthquake 27 th July 2008
After a duff campaign ... a leadership contest 27 th July 2008
Ministers court Kinnock to persuade Brown to resign 27 th July 2008
For Labour, the Scottish years are over 27 th July 2008
Bye Bye, Labour, Labour Bye Bye 27 th July 2008
Can anyone dent Alex Salmond's reign? 27 th July 2008
Glasgow spells the end of 300-year union 27 th July 2008
Curran damned by self-delusion 27 th July 2008
Glasgow East By-Election Winner John Mason Vows: I'm Here To Stay 27 th July 2008
Why Six Changed To SNP 27 th July 2008
Big Eck's No Longer The Anti-Christ 27 th July 2008
Listen Up Labour 27 th July 2008
SNP aims to use poll victory to boost case for £400m 28 th July 2008
Curran 'considering bid for deputy leadership' 28 th July 2008
SNP win sends shockwaves round the world 28 th July 2008
Labour in Scotland is a body without a headr 28 th July 2008
Mason calls time on council career 29 th July 2008
State of the Union 29 th July 2008
Taking over Labour reins in Scotland 29 th July 2008
Labour's Glasgow East defeat is down to policiesd 29 th July 2008
Is Glasgow East result a final death knell for Labour? 30 th July 2008
Labour's Scotland problems will soon become English 30 th July 2008
Glasgow East is a clear message from the voters 30 th July 2008
'SNP can win the North Ayrshire seat' 30 th July 2008
New SNP MP arrives at Westminster 30 th July 2008
SNP's Glasgow East victor arrives at Westminster 30 th July 2008
By-election brings membership boost 31 st July 2008
Plaid buoyed by SNP win 31 st July 2008
Burning Issue: Can Scottish Labour revive itself quickly and start winning elections again? 31 st July 2008
War of independence won with Labour loss? 31 st July 2008
Voters reject Labour: Build a new workers' party 31 st July 2008
New Labour's support evaporates 31 st July 2008
Tommy Sheridan makes his pitch to the Scottish National Party 31 st July 2008
We wanted to give SNP a wee shot, Glasgow East tells Kerr 31 st July 2008
How Mason managed a grander entrance than Cromwell 31 st July 2008
SNP boasts of boost in membership 31 st July 2008
Up to 5 councillors battle for SNP job 31 st July 2008
Brown furious over Milliband 'treachery' 31 st July 2008
SNP support Glasgow passport office 1 st August 2008
Congratulations 1 st August 2008
Salmond: Time for action to stimulate economy 3 rd August 2008
Energy profits must help pensioners 3 rd August 2008
What do we in Scottish Labour need in our nation's new political landscape? A leader with guts to stand up to Westminster 3 rd August 2008
At last someone has noticed the elephant 4 th August 2008
A seismic change for Scottish politics 5 th August 2008
Labour can't win in Britain if it doesn't win in Scotland 7 th August 2008

David Marshall
MP for Glasgow Shettleston 1979 - 2005
MP for Glasgow East 2005 - 2008

Correlation to the old Westminster and current Scottish Parliamentary constituencies

Glasgow East consists of the whole of the Glasgow Baillieston constituency, to which were added the old local government wards of Shettleston, Tollcross Park and Braidfauld from Glasgow Shettleston.

Assessment

Candidates
Glasgow East is a redrawn constituency Times - 2 nd July 2008
FactCheck: Glasgow worse than Gaza? Channel 4 News - 7 th July 2008
Glasgow East constituency profile BBC News - 9 th July 2008
Glasgow East constituency profile STV News - 14 th July 2008
Westminster election results in Glasgow East 2005, Glasgow Baillieston 1987 - 2001 and Glasgow Shettleston 1987 - 2001
Scottish Parliamentary election results in Glasgow Baillieston 1999 - 2007 and Glasgow Shettleston 1999 - 2007
European Parliamentary election results in Glasgow Baillieston 1999 - 2004 and Glasgow Shettleston 1999 - 2004

Margaret Curran - Serial Liar or Serial Gaffer?

Labour claimed that Curran's attempt to pass off 67-year-old Labour activist George McGuinness as a 93-year-old war veteran was a "captioning error"
Unconfirmed reports suggest that Wendy Alexander described the episode as "shocking and appalling" - the same phrase that Curran had used when attempting to undermine Alexander's leadership.

Margaret Curran proclaimed that she has lived in the East end of Glasgow for all of her life. She has in fact lived for many years in the south of Glasgow - currently in a £600,000 villa.

She has also published a fake photograph, pretending that a 67 year Labour activist was in fact a 93-year old war veteran. Curran claimed:

Some of the people that I have met out and about over the past 9 years as a local MSP have been absolutely inspirational. Today I met a man who was up there with the very best that the East End has to offer.

Mr McGuiness is a 93 year old - who looks not a day past 70, by the way - living in a sheltered housing complex that I went to visit today.

Mr McGuiness fought with the Desert Rats in World War II and was treated in hospital for shrapnel wounds. He also fought in Yugoslavia with the partisans against the German occupation.

He reminded me of all the sacrifices our older generation made so that we can enjoy freedom today. I hope every single voter in the East End uses their hard-fought right to vote on July 24th.

Having met Mr McGuiness today, I am reminded we owe it to people like him to use our democratic right to vote.

Guidio Fawkes' blog comments:

What more could you ask for? A smiling endorsement with the candidate from a proud medal holder and old war hero who fought for democracy. Vote Labour!

Mr McGuinness looks in good shape for 93. He looks more like 67. With good reason, he is 67. He was 4 years old when the war ended. The picture above is of George McGuinness a lifelong left-wing Labour activist whom Downing Street got an MBE as a reward.

Did you somehow get a different impression? You don't think that was their deliberate intention?

Channel Four News Fact Checks

FactCheck: Glasgow worse than Gaza? Channel 4 News - 7 th July 2008
The Scottish National Party's claims: "Life expectancy there - particularly among men - is lower than not only Palestine, but a host of other countries".
FactCheck: Is someone assaulted every four hours in Glasgow? Channel 4 News - 23 rd July 2008
The Tory Party's claims are "pretty consistent with the recorded crime stats for Glasgow - in fact, they tend to err on the side of caution".
FactCheck: Thugs walk free? Channel 4 News - 23 rd July 2008
The Labour Party's claims are "inflammatory misrepresentation".

Wendy Alexander celebrates.
Once a supporter of Wendy Alexander, Margaret Curran eventually turned against her and attempted to bring her down. In March Curran admitted briefing newspapers against the then leader. Curran was caught by Alexander loyalist Jackie Baillie when the former described Alexander's performance as "shocking and appalling" at a party meeting, the same words that had been quoted in the papers.

By-election news

Scottish Labour divided as former minister heaps scorn on Alexander's judgement 9 th March 2008
Labour's Marshall in shock resignation after rumours over expenses 29 th June 2008
Gordon Brown Faces By-Election Hell As David Marshall Quits Through Ill-Health 29 th June 2008
By-election looms after MP quits 30 th June 2008
Labour aims to beat SNP in quick Glasgow byelection 30 th June 2008
Glasgow MP to stand down on doctor's advice 30 th June 2008
Gordon Brown warned of humiliation in by-election 30 th June 2008
Glasgow by-election is fresh headache for Brown 30 th June 2008
A storm gathers above 'Fortress East End' - but its Labour defenders remain defiant 30 th June 2008
Labour face by-election in Glasgow East 30 th June 2008
Tommy Sheridan poised to fight Glasgow East by-election 30 th June 2008
Fresh by-election test for Brown 30 th June 2008
Can Labour win in Glasgow East? 30 th June 2008
'Brown could be forced out' if Glasgow East lost 30 th June 2008
'Little for any candidate to take comfort in 30 th June 2008
Wendy Alexander resignation is symptom of a deeper Labour malaise 30 th June 2008
From bad to worse for Scottish Labour 30 th June 2008
Labour in Scotland: let dog eat dog 30 th June 2008
Local focus 30 th June 2008
Date to be set for by-election after MP formally resigns 1 st July 2008
Battle of Glasgow East could be a bloody affair 1 st July 2008
Labour fears holiday exodus for poll date 1 st July 2008
Crucial by-election to be held during Glasgow Fair 1 st July 2008
Labour's red rose is wilting in the heat 1 st July 2008
Labour panic over by-election 1 st July 2008
Glasgow East by-election date set 1 st July 2008
Gordon Brown faces a new crisis in Scotland 1 st July 2008
Labour mired in sleaze claims as Scots leader quits and MPs are accused of homes tax-dodge 1 st July 2008
Salmond accuses Labour of 'panic' on by-election date 2 nd July 2008
Labour leadership contest on hold until Glasgow East by-election 2 nd July 2008
Locals Fight Crucial Seat 2 nd July 2008
Poll dash in Brown's backyard 2 nd July 2008
Labour to postpone leadership vote to concentrate on vital by-election 2 nd July 2008
By-election delays leader contest 2 nd July 2008
Not hearing the whole story... yet 2 nd July 2008
First by-election candidate announced 2 nd July 2008
Advance with gusto 2 nd July 2008
Nationalists attacked over Gaza jibe in by-election 3 rd July 2008
Glasgow as bad as the Gaza Strip, says SNP leader 3 rd July 2008
Gordon Brown 'running away' from Glasgow East by-election 3 rd July 2008
SNP Candidates line up for Glasgow East 3 rd July 2008
Brown's Scottish play 3 rd July 2008
Brown under fire for by-election visit snub 3 rd July 2008
A political timebomb in Glasgow's Guantanamo 3 rd July 2008
Lib Dems reveal by-election hopeful 3 rd July 2008
Oil windfall is £40 for every family 3 rd July 2008
A hard pounding for Mr Brown? 3 rd July 2008
SNP select candidate for Glasgow East 3 rd July 2008
SNP veteran to challenge Labour for 'safe' Glasgow East 3 rd July 2008
Campaigning starts in by-election 4 th July 2008
Battle lines drawn up for Glasgow East by-election 4 th July 2008
This byelection could be the most important ever 4 th July 2008
Campaigning set to kick off for by-election 4 th July 2008
Why Brown will be cheering on the Tories in Glasgow East 4 th July 2008
Analysis: this seat could be the end of Labour 4 th July 2008
Labour's Glasgow fortress may succumb to apathy 4 th July 2008
Glasgow East could be Part Two of Labour's demise 4 th July 2008
Brown going for broke as fears over stronghold grow 4 th July 2008
Megaphones at the ready 4 th July 2008
SNP to put up local council leader 4 th July 2008
SNP and Lib Dems name their by-election candidates 4 th July 2008
Labour set to announce Glasgow byelection candidate 4 th July 2008
Smoking rebel Hamish to fight another election 5 th July 2008
Tommy Sheridan sounds by-election call for Solidarity 5 th July 2008
Sheridan will not stand in by-election 5 th July 2008
SNP 'names and shames' MPs in expenses furore 5 th July 2008
Labour man quits by-election race 5 th July 2008
Labour favourite quits by-election race 5 th July 2008
Glasgow East by-election: Labour in 'meltdown' as George Ryan withdraws 5 th July 2008
Labour disarray over by-election candidate 5 th July 2008
Exclusive: Labour by-election plans in chaos as George Ryan pulls out 5 th July 2008
Brown served by-election blow after Glasgow East candidate fails to show 5 th July 2008
Labour delays by-election candidate 5 th July 2008
Labour in chaos over Glasgow poll 5 th July 2008
First shots in Glasgow by-election fired 5 th July 2008
Free bus travel guaranteed 5 th July 2008
Labour MSP joins by-election race 5 th July 2008
Margaret Curran enters race to be Labour by-election candidate 5 th July 2008
Salmond campaigns in Glasgow East 5 th July 2008
Labour lagging in by-election race 5 th July 2008
Glasgow looks grim for Brown 5 th July 2008
Labour candidate meltdown in Glasgow East 5 th July 2008
Labour candidate mystery as other parties launch battle plans 5 th July 2008
Bookies the only favourites as candidates take their marks 5 th July 2008
Labour by-election 'lost weekend' 6 th July 2008
Labour's poisoned chalice: fourth choice Curran to fight by-election 6 th July 2008
When even a safe seat can be no guarantee 6 th July 2008
Labour's choice quits Glasgow East by-election 6 th July 2008
Glasgow East byelection chaos grows for Labour 6 th July 2008
Look who's not talking in Glasgow East 6 th July 2008
Slapstick politics 6 th July 2008
Could a Glasgow kiss prove fatal for Gordon Brown? 6 th July 2008
MPs refuse to disclose details of staff pay 6 th July 2008
Labour is a patient in critical condition 6 th July 2008
Will it be goodbye from Glasgow for Gordon? 6 th July 2008
Only SNP MPs stand up for Glasgow 6 th July 2008
SNP campaign off to flying start 6 th July 2008
Margaret Curran Drafted In To Stand For Labour In Glasgow East By-Election 6 th July 2008
Alex Salmond Mocks Labour Over 'Lost Weekend' 6 th July 2008
Labour's Handling Of Glasgow East By-Election Is Shameless 6 th July 2008
Brown faces by-election meltdown as Labour struggles to find Glasgow candidate 6 th July 2008
Curran rides to the rescue of battered Brown 6 th July 2008
The strange tale of Labour and the missing candidate 6 th July 2008
Margaret Curran set to stand for Labour in Glasgow East 6 th July 2008
Can this woman save the party? 6 th July 2008
Eleven Glasgow Labour Councillors Under Investigation 6 th July 2008
Brown rocked by Scottish revolt as four candidates turn down his personal pleas to stand in by-election 6 th July 2008
Labour MP spent £500,000 of taxpayers' money running office from home staffed by wife 6 th July 2008
Bizarre row over school days between Glasgow East hopefuls 7 th July 2008
Gay council leader rejects run for Parliament 7 th July 2008
Labour tries to regroup for Glasgow East by-election 7 th July 2008
Cameron focus on social breakdown 7 th July 2008
Labour bid to approve Curran as by-election candidate 7 th July 2008
Is the writing on the wall for Labour in Glasgow? 7 th July 2008
Glasgow by-poll loss could spell political doom for Gordon Brown 7 th July 2008
Brown's future on the line aas he faces Glasgow by-election meltdown 7 th July 2008
Problems in heartlands as Labour seeks candidate 7 th July 2008
By-election: 'The SNP is on a roll and likely to do very well' 7 th July 2008
SNP launches by-election campaign 7 th July 2008
Salmond predicts Glasgow East 'earthquake' 7 th July 2008
By-election loss would be the end for Brown 7 th July 2008
Curran set to be named last-minute candidate 7 th July 2008
Labour 'out of touch' 7 th July 2008
Glasgow East and the aftermath 7 th July 2008
Nationalists predict upset in Scottish by-election 8 th July 2008
Parties vie for by-election votes 8 th July 2008
Curran begins by-election battle 8 th July 2008
Curran challenges SNP man to TV fight 8 th July 2008
Labour by-election candidate Margaret Curran sounds TV challenge to SNP rival 8 th July 2008
Curran begins by-election battle 8 th July 2008
Labour candidate puts leadership ambitions on hold to help Brown 8 th July 2008
'Determined' Labour candidate begins campaign 8 th July 2008
Labour launchs campaign, at last 8 th July 2008
Lib Dems launch by-election drive 8 th July 2008
Glasgow East: the by-election that matters 8 th July 2008
Cameron takes moral stance on the trouble society faces 8 th July 2008
Fury as Tory leader David Cameron tells poor: It's your own fault 8 th July 2008
Fury as David Cameron claims poor are to blame for plight 8 th July 2008
Lottery funding for good causes 8 th July 2008
Northern exposure 8 th July 2008
What I saw in Glasgow East 8 th July 2008
Purcell did consider standing for Glasgow East 8 th July 2008
Why Gordon Brown will lose Glasgow East 8 th July 2008
Unpopular Brown stays away from by-election as new poll shows three-quarters of voters think he is a 'loser' 8 th July 2008
Labour Launches by-election campaign 8 th July 2008
Hopefuls offered TV debates 9 th July 2008
Battle of Currans as candidates parade their socialist principles 9 th July 2008
Curran v Curran in Glasgow East 9 th July 2008
By-election nominations to close 9 th July 2008
Brown will not quit if Labour loses seat 9 th July 2008
Labour talks up its chances at Glasgow poll 9 th July 2008
Go to Glasgow, Gordon - it'll be miles better for you 9 th July 2008
Labour declares byelection fightback 9 th July 2008
Points of disorder 9 th July 2008
Brown's party in fight to hold on to Scottish seat 9 th July 2008
East end hopefuls set scene for close run race 9 th July 2008
Nine candidates will contest seat 9 th July 2008
Glasgow East by-election: Prices and jobs dominate debate 10 th July 2008
Road tax row on by-election trail 10 th July 2008
Ministers delay embryology debate because of the Glasgow East by-election 10 th July 2008
SNP argues 'blind panic' has robbed postal voters 10 th July 2008
Labour has failed already in Glasgow East 10 th July 2008
SNP and Labour in war of words over donations 11 th July 2008
Nothing changes for poor, claims Sturgeon 11 th July 2008
Shudder for Labour as poll puts SNP in Westminster lead 12 th July 2008
Election candidates in TV debate 13 th July 2008
Action on fuel poverty 13 th July 2008
Curran risks alienating Catholics in Glasgow East 13 th July 2008
Labour warned not to rely on Catholic support in Glasgow by-election after abortion vote 13 th July 2008
Glasgow election hopefuls make airwaves 14 th July 2008
Brown sidesteps by-election row 14 th July 2008
Far From Over 14 th July 2008
Battle for Glasgow East shifts to the moral high ground 14 th July 2008
Labour rolls out the big guns in Glasgow East - but in secret 14 th July 2008
Gordon Brown dodges Glasgow East voters 14 th July 2008
Glasgow East is not Grozny 14 th July 2008
Actor and ex-leader join campaign 15 th July 2008
Every vote counts as Curran tries to woo Nationalist rival 15 th July 2008
Catholic Church cannot win or lose poll for Labour 15 th July 2008
Brown denies he is dodging Glasgow election 15 th July 2008
Glasgow East is where the real world begins 15 th July 2008
SNP's Mason uses his loaf for bread and butter of campaigning 15 th July 2008
Glasgow East by-election: Fuel bills and the Old Bill as Taggart actor campaigns for Labour 15 th July 2008
Eight-point fuel poverty action plan 15 th July 2008
Bus travel guaranteed 15 th July 2008
Labour by-election visits 'kept secret' 15 th July 2008
Glasgow East Labour Fakes "93 Year-Old War Hero" Endorsement 15 th July 2008
Curran admits website veteran mistake 16 th July 2008
Parties gear up for by-election 16 th July 2008
Airgun ban raised at by-election 16 th July 2008
Labour writes to opponent asking for support 16 th July 2008
A close race ahead, far from comfort of Westminster 16 th July 2008
Goldie hits the gym to boost Tory campaign 17 th July 2008
Labour actor backed independence 17 th July 2008
Labour celebrity supporter backed Scottish independence 17 th July 2008
PM denies by-election prompted fuel tax cut 17 th July 2008
Labour accused of poll bribe as it halts 2p rise in fuel duty 17 th July 2008
Salmond predicts a knockout win as he meets young boxer 17 th July 2008
Curran defends public sector pay curbs 17 th July 2008
Gung-ho Nats face settling for second 17 th July 2008
By-election vote pitch continues 17 th July 2008
Hague shops around in effort to boost the Conservative vote 18 th July 2008
Bitter row over 'little difference between PM and Thatcher' jibe 18 th July 2008
SNP fighting back against the gangs 18 th July 2008
Mystery over TV star's loyalties 18 th July 2008
SNP backs Post Office card account 18 th July 2008
Mason: If we can take this seat, we can do anything 18 th July 2008
John Mason welcomes veterans commitment 18 th July 2008
SNP hopes for another Govan 18 th July 2008
Labour risks a Glasgow kiss 19 th July 2008
For many in Glasgow East, Labour picked up where Thatcher left off 19 th July 2008
Curran accused over role in scrapping fire targets 19 th July 2008
Labour claims to have turned corner with voters back in the fold 19 th July 2008
SNP hopeful despite poll findings 19 th July 2008
History shows by-election result will not decide Brown's fate 19 th July 2008
Abortion and embryo controversies back in spotlight for final days of campaign 19 th July 2008
The front runner behaving like an underdog 19 th July 2008
SNP says it will win Glasgow East 20 th July 2008
O'Brien attacks 'monstrous' embryo bill 20 th July 2008
SNP In Late Bid To Woo Undecided Glasgow East Voters 20 th July 2008
Poll puts Labour ahead in Glasgow byelection 20 th July 2008
SNP makes last push for Glasgow 20 th July 2008
All the fun of the Fair makes for slim pickings on the hustings 20 th July 2008
Candidates' photos on poll papers? They should be so lucky 20 th July 2008
On the side of Glasgow East pensioners 20 th July 2008
Down to the wire 20 th July 2008
East Enders will rewrite the script 20 th July 2008
Vote for the candidates, not their celebrity endorsements 20 th July 2008
A Glasgow kiss for missing Brown? 20 th July 2008
The last lap 20 th July 2008
Brown likely to stay even if he loses poll 20 th July 2008
"People just don't want to vote Labour" 20 th July 2008
The heart of the circus: cut price tablet, 'no huns' knickers ... and a supersize portion of apathy 20 th July 2008
Compston, Hayman & Howson back SNP 20 th July 2008
My mother was stabbed on the streets of Shettleston ... today they are even worse 20 th July 2008
Two faces of the East End 20 th July 2008
Sandi Thom backs John Mason 20 th July 2008
By-election hype obscures the real issues 20 th July 2008
Is this Brown's real summer of discontent? 20 th July 2008
Jimmy Reid writes to Glasgow East 20 th July 2008
They would have employed a monkey 20 th July 2008
Rivals clash over 'Labour and Tories alike' claim 21 st July 2008
Benefit reforms 'to be piloted in Glasgow' 21 st July 2008
Glasgow East: Cairns admits Labour facing 'tough fight' 21 st July 2008
Labour plays down talk on victory as SNP goes all-out 21 st July 2008
English Labour MPs cross Border to fight in Glasgow East 21 st July 2008
Socialists voting Tory and a swing from Labour. Yes, it's Glasgow East 21 st July 2008
Steer away from Blairism to win election, unions tell Brown 21 st July 2008
For hard-up voters, it's about local issues - if they vote at all 21 st July 2008
Labour faces 'tough' by-election 21 st July 2008
By-poll campaign gathering momentum 21 st July 2008
Parties push to woo undecided Glasgow East voters 21 st July 2008
SNP optimistic over Glasgow byelection despite polls 21 st July 2008
Ambitious new drugs strategy 21 st July 2008
Action on knife crime 21 st July 2008
Ex-Labour voters switch to SNP 21 st July 2008
Safe as houses for the Labour Party? 21 st July 2008
Sir Sean battles for votes with attack on Labour 21 st July 2008
Labour accused of burying bad news until after crucial by-election 21 st July 2008
Benefit proposals dominate election campaign 21 st July 2008
Glasgow's cynics say welfare plans are merely makeover 21 st July 2008
Glasgow jobs funding announcement dropped over by-election fear 21 st July 2008
By-election race nears the line 22 nd July 2008
Benefits crackdown won't cost us Glasgow East, say Labour 22 nd July 2008
SSP moves to clear up Curran ballot paper confusion 22 nd July 2008
Glasgow East basks in sun as Labour fears a roasting 22 nd July 2008
Labour is accused of scoring own goal over benefits 22 nd July 2008
John Mason wins star support 22 nd July 2008
The gang's all here. But where are the voters? 22 nd July 2008
Send a message on rising cost of living 22 nd July 2008
Glasgow East byelection is a test of strength between two governments, says Salmond 22 nd July 2008
Glasgow no longer belongs to Labour 22 nd July 2008
Candidates clash over trust claim at hustings 22 nd July 2008
Too close to call 22 nd July 2008
Labour hit by Marshall revelation 22 nd July 2008
Has SNP been just too gung-ho for its own good? 22 nd July 2008
By-election race enters final day 23 rd July 2008
Alex Salmond is main attraction in Glasgow East by-election campaign 23 rd July 2008
Curran warned of death threat 23 rd July 2008
Neo-Nazis have threatened to kill me, says election candidate 23 rd July 2008
Postal vote returns points to high turnout 23 rd July 2008
Candidates cross swords at final Glasgow East debate 23 rd July 2008
Car-crash TV 23 rd July 2008
Salmond sees Glasgow poll as a test of his popularity 23 rd July 2008
The fate of 39 Labour MPs is at stake in Glasgow East 23 rd July 2008
Final push for by-election votes 23 rd July 2008
Salmond throws down gauntlet to Brown 23 rd July 2008
A career from the buses to the House 23 rd July 2008
Labour facing humiliation in Glasgow East by-election 23 rd July 2008
Marshall airbrushed from the campaign 23 rd July 2008
New poll bad news for Labour on eve of by-election 23 rd July 2008
politics.co.uk poll spells trouble for Labour 23 rd July 2008
Analysis: politics.co.uk poll 23 rd July 2008
Is Glasgow East going to be New Labour's graveyard? 23 rd July 2008
Labour facing by-election disaster in Glasgow 23 rd July 2008
Labour mounts canvassing frenzy 23 rd July 2008
By-election circus draws to close 23 rd July 2008
Send a strong message to Gordon Brown 23 rd July 2008
Rolling coverage of the last day of campaigning before the crucial poll 23 rd July 2008
SNP eve of poll by-election poll boost 23 rd July 2008
Labour in final push 23 rd July 2008
Brown's eve-of-poll by-election blunder 23 rd July 2008
Seldom pure 23 rd July 2008
Glasgow East wins with the SNP 23 rd July 2008
Brown faces new poll test 23 rd July 2008
Another reason for Labour edginess in Glasgow East 23 rd July 2008
Curran aiming to 'wipe smile off Salmond's face 23 rd July 2008
Can Glasgow East abandon Labour? 23 rd July 2008
High risk for Salmond as he fronts bid to trigger 'earthquake' 23 rd July 2008
Voters head to by-election polls 24 th July 2008
'Blitzing' streets? This is a nuclear strike 24 th July 2008
What will be the fallout of the Glasgow vote? 24 th July 2008
Many highs and few lows for Nationalists 24 th July 2008
Rivals admit by-election result too close to call 24 th July 2008
D-Day in Glasgow East - and every vote counts for big two 24 th July 2008
Labour gift SNP a propaganda advantage 24 th July 2008
Weary candidates on the home straight 24 th July 2008
Brown faces by-election earthquake, says SNP 24 th July 2008
Moment of truth 24 th July 2008
Voters must seize chance to be heard 24 th July 2008
Brown's Birthplace Sours on Him, Labour as Scottish Party Gains 24 th July 2008
Labour Defending 13,507 Majority 24 th July 2008
Home improvements in Glasgow East 24 th July 2008
Class v nationalism in Glasgow East 24 th July 2008
Rolling coverage from today's crucial poll 24 th July 2008
Ministers cling to bizarre hopes on day of crucial by-election 24 th July 2008
Stuck in slum as our dream homes lie empty 24 th July 2008
Today's By-Election 24 th July 2008
Stakes are high all round 24 th July 2008
Glasgow East by-election is do or die for Gordon Brown 24 th July 2008
Labour fears for Glasgow East as by-election rests on knife-edge 24 th July 2008
Send a message on polling day 24 th July 2008
British PM faces fresh test in Scotland by-election 24 th July 2008
Glasgow East as-it-happens 24 th July 2008
Glasgow East vote is 'too close to call' say parties 24 th July 2008
Double, double, toil and trouble 24 th July 2008
Old certainties have been blown away 24 th July 2008
Glasgow East votes in blazing sunshine 24 th July 2008
Labour hopeful of narrow victory in Glasgow East 24 th July 2008
Last minute wobble in Glasgow East 24 th July 2008
Glasgow East by-election: polling suggests photo finish 24 th July 2008
Do you feel lucky? 24 th July 2008
Political storm clouds gather on day of sunshine for voters 25 th July 2008
Campaigners battle to the last minute 25 th July 2008
Glasgow East By-Election polls closed 25 th July 2008
Labour demands recount as SNP claims victory 25 th July 2008
Recount called as SNP threatens to wrest Glasgow East from Labour 25 th July 2008
Labour facing humiliation as SNP closes in on stunning Glasgow East by-election victory 25 th July 2008
Too close to call as Curran calls a recount 25 th July 2008
Labour concedes defeat in Glasgow East by-election 25 th July 2008
SNP hopeful of historic victory in Glasgow East byelection 25 th July 2008

Margaret Thatcher with her new acolyte, Gordon Brown