Glenrothes - Last few days of campaigning

With only a few days left of campaigning in Glenrothes things are certainly hotting up! What I found out in Glasgow East is that the last week of the campaign is the most crucial as it's usually the last few days before the by-election when voters finally decide who they intend to vote for! Now, obviously we would like as many as possible to vote SNP, but I'm not going to pretend that it's not going to be a fight to win! However, I am pretty confident. So far I have campaigned in the constituency five times, and I'm making my next journey tomorrow, and the response which we have had has been incredibly encouraging! Even if we're just delivering leaflets through doors people have come out of their houses just to tell us that we can count on their vote! People, even in Cardenddon, have been coming up to us and asking for window posters! Cyclists whizzing past us are giving us thumbs up! And, as if that wasn't enough, a report in today's Scotsman newspaper said that both the "SNP and Labour agree on one thing - Glenrothes will go Nationalist"!! The report even went on to state that one Labour source conceded "If the SNP are predicting a win, they are being more realistic than hubristic"!!

So while I'm not taking anything for granted and I'm not saying that it's in the bag for the SNP, once you get your opponents conceding defeat this close to polling day you just can't help but feel good!

SNP - Moving Scotland Forward

Send a message on November 6th

If you ever needed any further proof that a message really does need to be sent on November 6th from Glenrothes then all you need to do is click on the link to watch this video:-

Glenrothes by-election - Wondering how to vote?

Canvassing returns point towards an SNP victory in Glenrothes!

It has been revealed that internal polling from ALL the parties has shown the SNP are on course to win the Glenrothes by-election! This news comes on the day Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy said that the SNP are "still favourites" for Glenrothes! Despite the recent good press that the PM has been receiving lately the people of Fife have not been fooled, especially when their bills come thumping through their letter boxes!! Also revealed yesterday was that apparently Gordon Brown is backing the SNP and will be placing his vote for Peter Grant on November 6th!! That's right, Gordon Brown, a 21 year old skilled worker from Glenrothes!! Bet the PM didn't see that coming!!

Sarah Brown visits Glenrothes, stays for only 12 minutes, and refuses to even speak to the media!

You would have thought that the wife of the Prime Minister would have done much more than this. But, as usual, the Labour party spin machine decides that it is better to be seen on TV rather than actually hearing what the voters are saying! While her husband, Gordon Brown, may have been enjoying some good press recently for his bank bail-out plan, the people of Glenrothes, along with the rest of Scotland have not been fooled and know that while he may be doing all he can to save the banks he is doing very little, if anything, to save the tens of thousands of ordinary people who now risk losing their jobs!! It is disgraceful to see that, from a party which used to pride itself on being on the side of the working class, has now not only abandoned them but seems to be doing all it can to harm them and make their life's as hard as possible, as well as having the odd jibe on Scotland and Scottish self determination! If anything is clear now it is which party is on your side and that party is the Scottish National Party! The SNP is standing up for you and, as the Scottish Government, is doing all it can to protect people from the current financial crisis and putting money back in your pockets, such as freezing the hated council tax (which will soon be replaced with a much better Local Income Tax) and fazing out prescription charges! While the SNP Scottish Government is working hard for ordinary Scots, the Labour Westminster Government is doing all it can put down the Scottish People! It's not just that people have left labour, it's that Labour has left them and Glenrothes will send that message to London Labour and demand a cut in fuel prices and VAT!

If your from Glenrothes then please, don't vote for a party which has and will continue to leave you behind, vote for a party which is ON YOUR SIDE and stand up for you and for Scotland! Make sure you send Labour the message, put Glenrothes back on the map, VOTE FOR PETER GRANT! VOTE SNP ON NOVEMBER 6TH!!!!

"Now is the time for an Age of Responsibility"

"Scotland's destiny is Independence"! Just a small sample from what was, as always, a great speech by our First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond! He hit back brilliantly at the Prime Minister for saying that Scotland is too stupid to go towards Independence and also, rightly, said that it was wrong of him to bad mouth other countries! But not only that he also came forward with the facts and figures and proved that Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark (all small independent countries with similar populations to Scotland) are all forecast NOT to go into recession! Something which Gordon Brown failed to mention when attacking Independence. "Sub-Prime! More like Sub-Prime Minister" was the way Alex put it! He also called for an end to the age of irresponsibility of the past decade under Brown and called for the beginning of an Age of Responsibility! After all, it is the reckless borrowing and not saving up for a bad day by Gordon Brown that has in no dought caused this financial crisis! Alex also said that the millions of Scotland's money that is currently held by Westminster in an ofgem bank should be released back to the Scottish people where it rightly belongs! So, all in all, it marked an end to yet another fantastic conference which saw the SNP get its 15,000th member!! As Labour continues to lose and abandon its members, the SNP continues to gain and, as a recent study which was presented to conference has shown, all of that previous Labour support had gone directly to the SNP!!

And as for Gordon Brown questioning Scottish Independence, my message to him is this - It doesn't matter how big or small your country is! All that matters is how smart your people are and for the Prime Minister to be saying that Scotland is too stupid and too poor to run its own affairs is not only insulting, but depressing as well!!

Conference approaches

Well, just one week to go until national conference and what a good time to be having it! Just a couple of months since the Glasgow East By-election, opinion polls showing the SNP strong for both Holyrood & Westminster, and the possibility of yet another SNP victory - this time in Glenrothes! However, I wouldn't be too surprised if the conference was dominated by the current global financial crisis. It hasn't exactly been the best time for the Scottish economy, what with HBOS and all, but one thing that is certain is that while Gordon Brown & Alasdair Darling have dithered & dithered, Alex Salmond has been statesman like and has shown that him, along with John Swinney as Finance Secretary, are the best people we have to lead us through this current financial mess!

Also, a quick Glenrothes update. The Lib Dems have launched their campaign today and the funny thing is they actually believe they are the front runners! Plus, Labours campaign seems to have got off to a terrible start! Labour's headteacher candidate, Lindsay Roy, marched his troops straight into the bus station to start leafleting. Shortly after, suffering a rejection reaction, Labour troops marched off into Postgate to campaign there. Trouble is, as all of us know, party political campaigning isn't allowed in Postgate and security soon appeared and frogmarched Labour's campaign right off the premises.

It's just gaffe after gaffe with Labour these days! Finally, I won't be blogging until after the conference as I'm off on holiday for a while then it's off to conference!

So back soon!!

Remember, Remember the 6th of November

It's the by-election in the Prime Ministers own backyard and after weeks of waiting the date has finally been set - November 6th. According to recent bets the SNP are strong favourites to win the seat as SNP were placed on 1/3 to win compared to Labours 11/4! Also the SNP has been ahead in recent polls for the by-election with a commanding lead over Labour.

So will it be a night to remember? I think it just might well be!!

BREAKING NEWS :- DATE SET FOR GLENROTHES BY-ELECTION

Hi all, just a quick post to say that the Glenrothes by-election will be held on November 6th.

This was expected, not just because Labour activists have already been told about it but also because it is at the same time as the US election!

But all I can say is - BRING IT ON!!

John Mason MP arrives at Westminster

Today, almost 10 weeks since the famous Glasgow East by-election, Westminster has finally met again. And, of course, this meant the signing in of John Mason as the new MP for Glasgow East!

After years of neglect and being let down by a Labour government and ineffective Labour MP's, the East End now has an MP who is on their side and will make the people of the East End matter by taking action on rising food and fuel prices and by making a fresh start for the East End!

To watch the video of John Mason's arrival, click on the link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7654971.stm