Electoral blow to UK’s PM

Jul 25 – Britain’s PM Gordon Brown and his ruling Labour party suffer a by-electoral blow in Glasgow East, a traditional Labour stronghold seat in Scotland.

The pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) won the by-election by a slim 365-vote margin.

The governing party won the seat in Britain’s third-largest city three years ago with a huge 13,500 majority.

Michelle Carlile-Alkhouri reports.


Electoral blow to UK’s PM

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  1. How many votes did the candidate shown get?
  2. Which party does he represent?
  3. What kind of blow was it for the Labour Party?
  4. What kind of seat had this been?
  5. What may be nearing an end?
  6. What did David Cameron urge?
  7. What might this result prompt?
  8. What do people know?
  9. How long has Brown been in power?
  10. What might some in his party want?

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