Help Sitemap Home Skip Navigation Contact Us Disability Statement

 
 
Tuesday, 7th October 2008 Change Date

Premium Article !

Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button.

Options

Premium Article !

To read this article in full you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the The Scotsman site.

Subscribe

Registered Article !

To read this article in full you must be registered with the site.

Sign In
Register

Glasgow East: Leading Tories converge on city



Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image

Published Date: 21 July 2008
THE Conservatives today plan to have more shadow cabinet members in Glasgow East, despite only coming fourth in the constituency in 2005.
The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, along with Theresa May and Dominic Grieve, will join the Tory candidate, Davena Rankin.

The full article contains 48 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
Page 1 of 1

 
1

a proud doonhamer,

Dumfries 21/07/2008 00:51:46
Where's Maggie Broon? If he can go to Afghanistan and Iraq, why is he so feart of coming to Glasgow East? A wee timourous cowering beastie... and he claims to be a Scot.
2

Iainbroch,

Moray 21/07/2008 01:12:50
I thought Broonie said that Prime Ministers dont do by elections!
3

a proud doonhamer,

Dumfries 21/07/2008 01:26:37
Blair did by-elections, even Churchill did by-elections, but the wee timourous cowering beastie, and pseudo-Scot cannot be bothered to visit Scotland, let alone Glasgow East.
4

Castaway,

21/07/2008 01:45:47
Gordon Brown will not visit Glasgow East in keeping with the tradition that prime ministers do not campaign in by-elections.
Uxbridge,1997-Labour's campaign included a visit by PM Tony Blair.
Eddisbury,1999-PM Tony Blair went to the constituency to campaign.
Hamilton South,1999-Personal appearances by PM Tony Blair, Gordon Brown.
5

Pocket Dictionary,

21/07/2008 04:34:44
Apparently the Middle East is safer for him to visit than Glasgow East.
6

Saltoun,

21/07/2008 07:50:06
Broon obviously prefers to be distributing his largesse in the Middle East rather than actually doing ANYTHING for the folks at home.

Just imagine what the £ 30million he has just handed the Palestinians would have done in Glasgow East!
7

MacGillicuddy,

21/07/2008 08:41:54
I understand that Broon misunderstood Curran who asked him to canvass at the Barras. He thought she said Basra!
8

Mr. Lachie Todd,

Edinburgh 21/07/2008 09:01:28
The Scots Tories are deluding themselves if they actually believe they can somehow influence the outcome of the result in Glasgow East? The voters of Glasgow East will be asking: Theresa Who? Dominic Who? George Who?

In 1997, the Scots Tory Party was wiped out, and 10 years later has still never recovered. It has
always been a pretendy Scots party and with only one Westminster MP is still treated like a political pariah by the mass of Scots voters who have long memories.

The Tories know only too well that this is not Wolverhampton and the contest in Glasgow East is between the two largest Scots political parties, with the opinion polls pointing strongly towards a Labour victory.
9

frank mcbride,

lusitania 21/07/2008 10:09:53
Anyone have any idea who the Unionist nutter is who's destroying the comments sections?

NuLab must be in serious trouble.
10

An Greumach Mor,

Scotland 21/07/2008 12:45:34
Re #9 Frank

It seems the poster David Banks who is ruining the comments section is also able to post 3 times per second which is quicker than Lee Harvey Oswalds trigger finger.


The poster David Banks is the fasted man in the world. Who would have believed superman was a labour voter!

I am starting to feel their is some scorched earth policies being deployed by unionists.
11

ExpatNI,

21/07/2008 13:58:16
Of course we are 'assuming' David Banks is a unionist? I also assume this as it does show they are getting very scared about the result of this by-election.
Unfortunately, I also feel Labour will scrape this with a very reduced majority. I can read the spin now. If Labour lose, 'It was only a by-election. We will win the real election in 2010' If Labour win, it will be a 'crushing blow for Scottish Independance supporters in a vital by-election!'
I have to say I am dreading the comments sections on Friday morning. I do live in hope however. . . .

Saor Alba
12

An Greumach Mor,

Scotland 21/07/2008 17:53:32
re #11 ExpatNI

Think back two years. If I had said to you SNP in government in Holyrood and Labour running scared about Glasgow East by-election you would have recommended I seek professional help. Who cares what the unionist press say, who cares who london thinks.

Maybe our generation can play an important role in the saga that is Scottish Politics. Offer the future generations something to be proud of.

A Nation no different from any other. Not a region or a part but a fully fledged independent nation with its own problems and solutions.

For too long the will of the people has been manipulated by the political dark arts of people like AM2.
13

Jock Tamson,

Scotland, Caledonia, Alba 21/07/2008 19:42:54
The thing that gets me about the Banks infested stories is that the Scotsman has left the commenyts section open. Claiming a hundred odd comments above the 1000 cut off. Then they have moderated - deleted- some comments bit left the tripod ones intact. And when you try to comment on this the comments counter goes up one but your comment does not appear.

Is there a webmaster at the Scotsman?
14

An Greumach Mor,

Scotland 21/07/2008 20:28:18
#13 Jock

It is almost as though they are doing it on purpose. Either that or the webmaster at the Scotsman is off for the long weekend and the tea boy AM2 is in charge.

 

Comment on this Story

 

In order to post comments you must Register or Sign In

 
 
RSS Feed of this article's comments
Delivery formats: RSS, Atom, Javascript & Email
 
  

 
 

More News

More News >>

More Glasgow East by-election

More Glasgow East by-election >>

Features

Online Supplements
Scotsman Digital Archive

Featured Advertising



Sister Newspapers:
Press Complaints Commission

This website and its associated newspaper adheres to the Press Complaints Commission’s Code of Practice. If you have a complaint about editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then contact the Editor by clicking here.

If you remain dissatisfied with the response provided then you can contact the PCC by clicking here.