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Response to ATOS debate causes Council meeting to be suspended
Protesters outside the City Chambers made their Anti- Atos feelings clear. Labour Councillers were told they had ‘blood on their hands’ at a stormy meeting of Glasgow City Council today. (Thursday 31...
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Shettleston by-election has long list of candidates
Following the death of Labour Party Councillor George Ryan last month, his seat in Glasgow’s Shettleston Ward 19 is being contested by 12 candidates – only one of them is a woman. As this website did...
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Another by-election another attempt at democracy. Shettleston is now being targeted by 12 people who have a notion to change the area by becoming a Councillor in Glasgow City Council. In the recent...
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Shettleston continues backing Labour
New Councillor Martin Neill (fourth left) surrounded by the winning team with Linda Ryan and Council Leader Gordon Matheson beside him Labour was the runaway victor in the Shettleston by-election with...
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If you want to persuade people to vote FOR or AGAINST independence on Thursday 18 September you’ll need to have deep pockets – and move fast! The Green Party and the SNP together have registered...
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While the General Election race started many moons ago, the real race now begins as the candidates’ lists closed today (Thursday 9 April 2015) Those with £500 to deposit and the correct number of...
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No hullaballoo at hustings – candidates all heard.
In true Presbyterian tradition, all six election candidates for the Glasgow South seat had their say in Cathcart Trinity Church. Each was listened to with respect by the audience of almost 200 people....
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A triumphal arrival awaited Nicola Sturgeon at the Glasgow count. Although no seat had been declared at that point, it seemed clear that the Scottish National Party had made a clean sweep in the city’s...
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Glasgow South election result
Glasgow South winner, SNP’s Stewart McDonald, at the podium with exiting MP Tom Harris, Labour, standing first left. On a 65.99% turnout in Glasgow South Constituency, SNP’s Stewart McDonald won over...
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LIFE AFTER DEFEAT
One week on from losing his seat as MP for Glasgow South, Tom Harris admits he’s not used to the idea yet. ‘My wife, Carolyn, worked for me so it means she’s redundant as well,’ he said. However he –...
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