Michael White on the Glasgow East turnout

Michael White in the Guardian online's politics blog has an interesting piece on the Glasgow East by-election.

He argues that the worst aspect of it for Labour is they not only lost, but did so while turnout was as high as 42%. This is a surprisingly high turnout given that Labour had foolishly called the election for a week when many voters in Glasgow are away.

In other words, voters didn't just stay at home in disgust, they actively turned out to defeat the Labour candidate. As White puts it, "voters were taking the trouble to send a message to Downing St."

You can read the full article at

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/07/
michael_whites_political_blog_209.html

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