Last night the Scottish National Party won a by-election (like our special elections) in Glasgow East. A friend who is a Tory operative sent me a facebook message in shock last night:
the SNP are about to win a ‘special election’ in labour’s 4th safest seat in parliament! like the GOP gaining pelosi’s seat in San Francisco!
The hating all-things-leftist Telegraph put it this way:
If Gordon Brown, as now seems likely, loses the next election to David Cameron, this will be seen as the moment he knew the game was up.
Noting that the candidate wasn’t the problem, they continued:
This loss was not about her, it was about the Prime Minister. It was about a Labour party that has lost its way and now seems to inspire only disdain, even among its heartland supporters.
We are seeing the end of the post-Cold War center-left swing in Europe perhaps best symbolized by Tony Blair. Center-right governments are in charge in Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, and, soon, the UK.
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Were you being ironic?
Risky (Diary) Friday, July 25th at 9:23AM EST (link)That's Ironic
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Friday, July 25th at 9:29AM EST (link)… because Obama’s performance in Germany yesterday marked the beginning of the end for him too.
Tories and the SNP
rcc Friday, July 25th at 3:23PM EST (link)I don’t think having the SNP unseat Labour is quite the same as the GOP unseating Pelosi, because the SNP are actually quite left wing. In fact, I think they are more left wing even than Labour – more like the Lib Dems. It is kind of hard to tell, since they mostly push Scottish Independence and their other opinions are less well publicized.
The SNP won’t be running in England, where I predict the Tories will win the day. You might even see some Tory gains in Wales and Scotland. Labour is very unpopular right now. But I’m a little concerned about the SNP taking Labour’s place… I wonder if tensions between Scotland and England will consequently be on the rise.
Agreed
Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, July 25th at 4:01PM EST (link)There really is no US parallel to the SNP.
Maybe it’d be like Cindy Sheehan beating Pelosi. Maybe.
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Soren Dayton (Diary) Friday, July 25th at 4:32PM EST (link)hating all things lefty. Thanks. Fix applied