Labour chiefs insist they're not taking Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election for granted
dailyrecord.co.ukLabour chiefs insist that they are not taking votes for granted in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election after leader Sir Keir Starmer labelled the SNP as having ‘imploded’.Last week, Mr Starmer and his Scottish counterpart Anas Sarwar met with voters at Rutherglen Town Hall to deliver their message before the local electorate chose their next representative at the upcoming by-election.In his message, Starmer told activists that the SNP were “imploding” and had “effectively run out of road”.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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We are pounding the streets of Rutherglen and Hamilton West to have really important conversations with people about what they are thinking.“I don’t think this is about the SNP imploding.
I am not about writing anybody off at all. I think this will be a closely fought-contest.“If you look at the majority that the SNP had in this seat, that’s 5000 votes.
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