Over two thirds of the voters in Glasgow North East didn't vote in yesterday's "crucial" by-election. So if you walk out there today and speak to folk most of them will not have taken part in what was hailed as a "dramatic victory" by the Labour Party (who clearly are enthusiasts for dull and worthy theatre).
The real winners yesterday were not any political party but "none of the above" - a disparate group consisting of good idiots, folk who can't be bothered, subscribers to the view that "I'm not bloody voting because you're all a shower of useless troughers" and (this being Glasgow) a few who were too drunk to care.
The adjusted result therefore:
Not Voting (various): 41,870 (67%)
Labour: 12,231 (20%)
SNP: 4,120 (7%)
Conservative (2%)
BNP 1013 (2%)
Solidarity 794 (1%)
Lib Dem 474 (1%)
Majority for don't care, can't be bothered, angry, annoyed or drunk: 29,639
2 comments:
All this result does is prove a long-held political hypothesis . . .
And, of course, how desperate Labour are for anything remotely like good news that they can point to.
D
Being of a slightly twisted mind, I find something amusing in the fact that there is going to be a hoard of Glaswegians stampeding towards Cullingworth, seeking retribution.
The figures are factual - and a very sad indictment of our political parties being collectively unable to inspire the electorate.
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