Glasgow turns

I woke up suddenly at around 1.30 this morning.Maybe a premonition but going down stairs and turning on Sky news reporting that there was a recount in Glasgow East meant that my sixth sense was correct..

The fact that Labour had requested the recount suggested that they had come unstuck and after around half an hour of listening to Adam Boulton reporting on nothing,it was clear that the SNP had won.

I switched to BBC news and Douglas Alexander skillfully trying to avoid the question of when the party intervenes to get rid of Gordon.Somehow the cries of collective responsibility seemed somewhat shallow

Turning over a 13,000 majority had confounded all the pundits.Turnout was higher than expected which would in normal circumstances have helped the Labour party.However the reports were that it was higher in the middle class wards which suggested a swing towards the nationalists.

I switched to BBC news and Douglas Alexander skillfully trying to avoid the question of when the party intervenes to get rid of Gordon.Somehow the cries of collective responsibility seemed somewhat shallow


Is this the most cataclysmic defeat so far for Brown? Suggestions are that this was not a vote for Scottish Nationalism but an anti government vote on its inability to help the population with the rising fuel and food prices.

Des Browne is on Radio 4 at the moment bleating about relaunching and listening and telling us that people won't vote for divided parties.David Cameron is calling for an immediate election before he sets out for his haunted cottage

Expect a busy day.