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cobweb
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| I reckon that seat will remain as Labour, though the SNP might come close. It will be a dirty fight I'm sure though. |
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cobweb
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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I wouldn't be so sure about that one faceless....the majority in Glasgow East was 13,507. I'm sure you know that the new SNP MP John Mason polled 11,277 votes, 365 more than Labour's Margaret Curran's 10,912.
I think that quite a few disillusioned voters will vote SNP again as so few Scots will vote Tory. I do agree with you totally that the campaigning will be a hair-pulling, eye-gouging feast of fun though. |
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luke
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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go on the snp! 
whats the area like they're fighting? |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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I just looked on google for MacDougall's webpage and it's flagged 'may be harmful to your computer'... tsk tsk
anyway, here's the results from the last election. The SNP would need a 14% swing, so you could be right cobweb. It will be good to see what happens - if they do win it will be another big step towards a mandate for independence, so here's hoping.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| luke wrote: | | whats the area like they're fighting? |
I think I went through it on a train once... but that's about all I know |
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luke
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be low income with routine jobs living in terraces and flats. These are known as type 46 in the ACORN classification and 1.4% of the UK’s population live in this type.
The biggest concentrations of neighbourhoods fitting this profile are in Scotland. Other places with high levels include Nottingham, Harlow, Corby and Norwich. Here is an overview of the likely preferences and features of your neighbourhood:
Family income Low
Interest in current affairs Low
Housing - with mortgage Low
Educated - to degree Very low
Couples with children Medium
Have satellite TV Medium
These postcodes are often council estates housing young families and singles. Many of the families are single parent households.
Incomes are low. People have few, if any educational qualifications and their routine jobs are in shops and factories. Unemployment is high, and, despite the overall youthfulness of these areas, there are a number of people suffering long-term illness.
People generally live in terraced houses and purpose built low-rise flats. Homes are rented from either the local council or Housing Association. They are typically two bedroom and thus quite crowded for the size of household.
People in this type are on tight budgets and food bills are low relative to the size of the families. However, children are given the odd fast food treat. Phone bills are much smaller than average, and people make use of the finance options of catalogue shopping.
A number feel they are likely to require a loan in the near future. Betting and the lottery are perceived to offer the chance of more money and a better standard of living.
Leisure activities are restricted to low cost activities such as angling, bingo, listening to music and watching television. There is some uptake of cable TV and digital television. |
more at http://www.upmystreet.com/local/my-neighbours/l/Glenrothes.html |
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cobweb
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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My god what a fu@kin' depressing thing that is to read Luke. I know you are trying to provide info on the socio-economic make up of an area but that is about as useful as a chocolate fireguard.
My take on Glenrothes....a small mining village that was expanded under the New Towns act to provide housing for the super mine at Rothes which if memory serves me had to be closed almost as soon as it opened. This nearly stopped all development of the town but new developments and industry was brought in (latterly being the heart of the "silicon glen") . It has good points and bad....like most planned towns it suffers from a total lack of personality in places (think Milton Keynes - Cumbernauld) but a quick check should confirm from somone that there are no high rise tower blocks....there are some really nice areas like Balgeddie where a friend of mine once lived for a while.
The wikipedia page gives a nice overview and quite balanced from what I remember of the place--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenrothes |
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cobweb
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| That's a really interesting political map faceless.....basically nothing north of Stirling / Perth is held by Labour (unless there is one in Aberdeen?)....and one big blue anomily. |
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cobweb
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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haha, he's quite something eh? from loud mouthed boorishness to considered grammatically correct post within 8 minutes...
He must have gone for a quick shuftie over some Maggie Thatcher pics in the meanwhile! |
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