Election Massacre Looms for Labour in the East

The ScotsmanJune 09, 2009

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LABOUR could be left with only three seats in the east of Scotland after the next general election, following a meltdown in the party's core support, The Scotsman has been told.

A faltering economy, strong Conservative and SNP support and the expenses scandal have placed all of Labour's Edinburgh seats under serious threat, with others in the Lothians and Central Scotland also in jeopardy.

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Election Massacre Looms for Labour in the East

The former Labour leader of Edinburgh City Council, Donald Anderson, admitted there were very real worries that the party might lose seats right across the east coast.

Labour has long had a stronghold in the east, stretching from Edinburgh through to Falkirk and Livingston in the Central Belt and over the Forth to the old mining areas of Fife.

But the party is preparing for a disastrous set of returns at the next election. Labour could lose a total of eight of its 11 ...

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