Second try for defeated candidate
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The defeated Labour candidate in the Glasgow East by-election, Margaret Curran, is planning to fight the seat again.
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No Facebook please, we're Scottish
Despatch Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Has anyone noticed that for the Glenrothes by-election campaign there has been no real push on Facebook to rally support for Labour’s candidate, local head teacher Lindsay Roy ? In a marked contrast to the tidal wave of support for Margaret Curran MSP, Labour’s challenger for the ‘safe’ seat of Glasgow East only a few months ago Labour has shunned a full on online campaign...
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Suspicious Keywords
SNP Tactical Voting (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
The Guardian has reached this blog using the keywords "Alex Fergusson" and "Margaret Curran". Newspapers reaching blogs using specific words usually precedes a story the next day. Does anyone have any ideas?
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Gray makes first change with Curran to oversee new policies
The Herald (Free subscription) | 14/09/2008
LABOUR'S new Holyrood leader, Iain Gray, yesterday announced his first shadow cabinet change, handing Margaret Curran the crucial new role of policy co-ordinator, drawing up the manifesto for the party's fight-back in 2011.
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Le vent d’est
Irish Blogs (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
If you were asked to find a picture which summed up the general feeling amongst members of the Labour Party at the present time I would hazard a guess that this image of Margaret Curran from last night's by-election count in Glasgow East could be about as close as you could get to capturing the mood. Life for Labour MPs at the moment must be something akin to waiting on death row. After the Scottish...
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By-election loser backs Gray to lead Labour
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
MARGARET Curran, the Labour MSP who lost the Glasgow East by-election, yesterday pledged her support to Iain Gray in his battle for the leadership of the party in Scotland.
- By-election loser backs Gray to lead Labour - Scotsman.com
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Curran ‘considering bid for deputy leadership’
The Herald (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
Margaret Curran is mulling a bid for the Labour deputy leadership at Holyrood, after her unsuccessful bid to win the Glasgow East by-election.
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Curran ‘considering bid for deputy leadership’ after election defeat
The Herald (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
Margaret Curran is mulling a bid for the Labour deputy leadership at Holyrood, after her unsuccessful bid to win the Glasgow East by-election.
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The Curran campaign
Ewan Watt (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
HAT TIP to those fine people at Scottish Roundup for referring to my remark about Labour's campaign in Glasgow East. I just thought I'd add that not only did Margaret Curran lie about living and working in Glasgow East "all her life", but she also stated that she would not be moving to the constituency if she won. Poor candidate, poor campaign.
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Civility in Politics, and Other Thoughts
Craig Murray (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
My post below brought a comment from Darren who objected to my rather strong and personal attacks on Margaret Curran and Doug Hoyle. I used to be one of the most civil and orthodox people you might meet. Then I...
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Letters: The options for Labour after Glasgow East
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
Letters: It was with a wry smile that I read the recent comments of Margaret Curran
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Labour’s core vote deserts them in two by-elections. The problem’s not Brown: it’s the Labour Party
THE WILTED ROSE (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
John Mason MP’s narrow victory over Margaret Curran MSP (the next leader of Labour in the Scottish Parliament perhaps) was spectacular. As this blog has predicted, Brown isn’t going anywhere - he’s “getting on with the job”. Well, let’s let him - no one else would make much difference. Less reported is the election of Cllr Ehfuz Ahmed [...]
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Video: Catastrophe for Labour as SNP triumphs in Glasgow East
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
John Mason won 11,277 votes to 10,912 for Labour's Margaret Curran. He becomes the SNP's seventh MP, sweeping Labour out of its 25th safest seat in parliament
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Glasgow kisses Labour goodbye
The Daily (Maybe) (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
Results (from Wikipedia ). Glasgow East by-election, 2008 [7] [8] [9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Scottish National Party John Mason 11,277 43.1 +26.1 Labour Margaret Curran 10,912 41.7 -19.0 Conservative Davena Rankin 1,639 6.3 -0.6 Liberal Democrat Ian Robertson 915 3.5 -8.3 Scottish Socialist Frances Curran 555 2.1 -1.4 Solidarity Tricia McLeish 512 1.9 N/A Scottish Green Eileen Duke 232 0.9 N/A...
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Cameron calls for a general election following Labour's catastrophic defeat in Glasgow
ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidat (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
The SNP won Labour's third safest seat in Scotland on a huge swing last night, with the Conservatives beating the LibDems into third place: John Mason, SNP 11,277 (43.08%, +26.06%) Margaret Curran, Labour 10,912 (41.69%, -18.99%) Davena Rankin, Conservative 1,639...
