Apparently part of the reason the government lost the Religious Hatred Bill votes is that 25 Labour MPs were canvassing in the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election. They must be worried about holding the seat.
Yet last time out - less than a year ago - they won nearly half the vote, with the LibDems and SNP pretty level on around 20%, the Tories back on 10% and the SSP picking up only 1.6%.
What's happened? According to Wikipedia,
both LibDem and Tory campaigns have had setbacks. So is there a SNP surge? Or has the SSP candidate, John McAllion, a former Labour MSP got them so worried that they think he could win?
Yet last time out - less than a year ago - they won nearly half the vote, with the LibDems and SNP pretty level on around 20%, the Tories back on 10% and the SSP picking up only 1.6%.
What's happened? According to Wikipedia,
both LibDem and Tory campaigns have had setbacks. So is there a SNP surge? Or has the SSP candidate, John McAllion, a former Labour MSP got them so worried that they think he could win?