BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Labour victorious in Glenrothes.
We should have anticipated this. Surely I wasn’t alone in thinking that Gordon Brown’s, and hence Labour’s, stock would rise against the SNP, given that no-one feels that the SNP has the experience to deal with a downturn? We also mustn’t forgot that neighbouring Kirkcaldy is Gordon’s home ground, and if any seat is going to be safe then surely it’s this one.
The Beeb’s Nick Robinson, an opinionated if not always correct man, declared that so far Glenrothes has not been bitten by the downturn - the good folk of this town are still rolling in the good times, with no hit to the property market, and good employment.
Hmmm, it does make me question why I left the place 23 years ago. Times have changed but…
