Scottish Labour moves right – and wins
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:22.0 | Welcome to Covian's Shorts, |
| 0:27.2 | Spectators, Daily Politics Podcast. |
| 0:30.0 | Scottish Labour is back, |
| 0:32.0 | running a majority of 9,000 in the Rutherland, |
| 0:34.8 | and Hamilton West by election, |
| 0:36.8 | overturning what had been an SNP majority of 5,000. |
| 0:41.2 | I am Fraser Nelson and I'm joined by Ian McQuart out at Edinburgh |
| 0:44.8 | and Katie Balls in London. Ian, talk us through what has just happened. |
| 0:50.4 | For once, the term seismic actually does measure up to the significance of this |
| 0:57.2 | by-election. Now, of course, the SNP is only one by-election, |
| 1:03.2 | a special one because Margaret Ferrier, |
| 1:05.2 | their MP, remember, was sacked and removed in a recall ballot |
| 1:10.0 | because she brought COVID rules. But nevertheless, |
| 1:13.2 | there's no way you can spin this. |
| 1:15.2 | It's hugely significant. 20% swing to Labour. |
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