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  • July 2008

    • Catastrophic Loss for Brown in Scottish Vote

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 25, 08 6:43 AM CDT

      Catastrophic Loss for Brown in Scottish Vote

      (Newser) - Gordon Brown suffered a potentially fatal blow to his leadership when Labour lost a once rock-solid seat to the Scottish National Party in a special election early this morning. In one of the most stunning upsets in years, the separatists seized the constituency of Glasgow East as more than 22% of voters who went Labour at the last election abandoned the party.  "We are in trouble," one minister admitted to the Guardian . More »

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      United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • Scotland  • special election  • Scottish National Party

  • April 2008

    • Support for Scot Independence Hits Record Low

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 30, 08 9:45 AM CDT

      Support for Scot Independence Hits Record Low

      (Newser) - It's been one year since a separatist government came to power in Scotland, vowing to break away from the United Kingdom. But a new poll shows while the Scottish still admire Alex Salmond, the region's first minister, support for independence is at an all-time low—with only 19% wanting to be independent, the Daily Telegraph reports. More »

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      United Kingdom  • Scotland  • Scottish National Party  • independence movement  • Alex Salmond

  • September 2007

    • Winners of the Iraq War: The Scots

      New Republic  |  Sep 4, 07 4:31 PM CDT

      Winners of the Iraq War: The Scots

      (Newser) - When Scotland’s separatists became the first party to wrest control of the Scottish Parliament from Labour last May, it was due to a surge of anti-Iraq-war sentiment as much as pro-independence fervor. But the  Scottish National Party has proved adept at governing, the New Republic notes, making small popular steps, towards cutting UK ties. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • United Kingdom  • health care  • Olympic Games  • Scotland  • broadcasting  • Scottish National Party

  • May 2007

    • Labour Party Escapes Election Catastrophe

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 4, 07 3:42 PM CDT

      Labour Party Escapes Election Catastrophe

      (Newser) - Tony Blair's Labour Party took a beating in yesterday's local elections, winning just 27 percent of the vote. But both the party—wildly unpopular because of Blair's Iraq war stance and several recent scandals—and pundits scored the result a minor victory because Labour lost only 410 local council seats rather than the predicted 600. More »

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      Iraq war  • Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • Tony Blair  • Labour Party  • Scotland  • British elections  • Tories  • Scottish National Party

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