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Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20240703

Won the rutherglen and Hamilton West by election, in whats being seen as a key test of the partys ability to regain seats in scotland. Its candidate Michael Shanks secured just under 18,000 votes, more than double the total for katy loudon of the snp, who came second. The poll was triggered by the removal of the former snp mp Margaret Ferrier after she broke covid lockdown rules. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon was at the count. Michael shanks, Scottish Labour Party, 17,000. Cheering. This was a stunning victory, widely forecast but not with a swing as big as this. It forecast but not with a swing as big as this. ,. ,. ,. , as this. It is time for change. That chan. E as this. It is time for change. That
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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC 20240703

Candidate katie loudon, who came second. Thats a swing from snp to labourof snp to labour of slightly more than 20 . The scottish Labour Leader says that the results show that Scottish Politics has fundamentally changed. This comes after the removal of snp mp Margaret Ferrier who was removed after breaking coronavirus rules. Michael shanks, Scottish Labour Party, 17,831. This was a stunning victory widely forecast but not with a win and a swing as big as this. Its time for change. That change cant come fast enough but one thing is now clear, there is no part of this country where labour cant win. Winning hamilton and Rutherglen West doubles the number of seats labour has in scotland from one to two. ....

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