...over the handling of the current economic crisis. Gordon Brown said the result proved people were prepared to support governments who offer them "real help."Gordon Brown was apparently told before the counting had began that Labour would lose.
Labour candidate Lindsay Roy's campaign targetted concerns over an increase in home care charges for some people from £4 a week to £11 an hour.
SNP candidate Peter Grant is leader of Fife Council, which introduced the charges.
Mr Salmond, Scotland's first minister, said Labour's campaign had focused on "distorted" claims."I don't like their campaigning style - I think it was fearmongering and scaremongering," he said.
Tory leader David Cameron, on a visit to Glasgow, said: "The real loser is the Scottish National Party and as they want to break up our country, to destroy the Union that I'm passionate about, then maybe it's no bad thing that the 'Salmond bounce' has disappeared.
No comments:
Post a Comment