Scottish Labour’s Michael Shanks has won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection in an overwhelming victory over the SNP that the party leadership declared “seismic”, and a clear demonstration that Scotland could lead the way in delivering a Labour government at Westminster at the coming general election.

In a result that exceeded Scottish Labour expectation, Shanks beat his closest rival, the SNP’s Katy Loudon, by 17,845 votes to 8,399 – a majority of 9,446 and a resounding swing of over 20%.

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    with apologies to His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of India

    I had to Google to make sure shit wasn’t being made up, but no, he actually calls himself the emperor of India.

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      51 year ago

      You know the saying: the road to India runs through Rutherglen and Hamilton West*.

      *No need to google this, which I did make up.