Now then Mr Traquir has unearthed a
very interesting nugget on The Scotsman forum I do hope he will forgive me for reproducing it but I am an avid reader of his comments:
Traquir , Alba,
03/02/2009 00:54:37 Well this is quite interesting.
"THE ONLY official record of who voted in a Westminster by-election that rocked the political world has mysteriously gone missing placing a question mark over the result."
"All the major parties, including Labour on election night itself, had predicted that the nationalists would narrowly win the seat, which borders Prime Minister Gordon’s Brown’s constituency.
The Labour victory sent shockwaves through the SNP and was the catalyst for a revival of Labour’s fortunes nationally." - Not for long of course :)
"Candidates and their agents are allowed to see a copy of the register, which records only who voted and not how they voted.
However, after repeated requests for the document last month, Councillor John Beare, the convener of the SNP Central Fife constituency, has been told that it has gone missing."
Last night Central Fife SNP MSP Tricia Marwick said
“All I can say for sure is that the crucial information that proves it one way or another has gone missing.
“I have no evidence of foul play. I sincerely hope not. But the turnout at this by-election surprised everyone and the result was a surprise."
see - tinyurl.com/b28kcf
The Broon bounce has bust anyway , I wonder
how much the saviour of the World would be up
to a rerun :)