SNP win sends shockwaves round the world

The SNP's victory in Glasgow East has brought the eyes of the worlds media to Glasgow and to Scotland. During the campaign the SNP received visits by German, Irish and American journalists. 

Following the SNP’s victory on Thursday the impact on Gordon Brown and the Labour Government has been played out around the world.  Commenting on the global interest in Scottish politics and the SNP’s success SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson said:

“Thursday’s by-election has sent shockwaves around the world.  The SNP’s success has had a huge international impact. 

“The Glasgow East by-election has generated more international interest in any Scottish by-election since Hamilton. 

“Scotland and the Scottish Government took a step up on the world stage with the SNP’s victory in 2007.  The SNP Government’s outward looking agenda and impressive first year in power has kept the international press enthralled with developments in Scotland. 

“Victory in Labour’s former heartlands has only increased the interest in Scottish politics and Scotland’s future.

“When Winnie Ewing won Hamilton in 1967 she issued the enduring line “Stop the world. Scotland wants to get on." 

"With the international interest in this by-election, the SNP Government’s progress, Scotland’s increasingly strong links around the world and international interest in the National Conversation Scotland is once again making her mark.”  

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USA 

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New York Times  

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Washington Post  

Labour Seat's Loss Bodes Ill for Brown
Wall Street Journal

UK: PM Brown suffers fresh election shock
CNN
 
Scottish voters deal blow to UK's Brown
Fox News
 
Scottish Voters Deal Blow To British Leader Brown
CBS News
 
Election loss deals fresh blow to U.K.'s Brown
MSNBC
 
Scots deal huge blow to Britain's Brown
Chicago Tribune
 
Scottish voters deal blow to British leader Brown
Boston Globe
 
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CANADA
 
Election loss deals crushing blow to Britain's Brown
Globe and Mail
 
British PM suffers election blow
Toronto Star
 
Woes for British PM after nationalists snatch Scottish seat
CBC
 
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AUSTRALIA
 
UK Labour loses crucial seat in blow to Brown
ABC News
 
Epic loss has Labour in a spin
Sydney Morning Herald
 
Poll defeat puts Brown on notice
The Age
 
British PM Gordon Brown under pressure after by-election loss
Melbourne Herald Sun
 
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NEW ZEALAND
 
More bad news for Gordon Brown
TVNZ
 
UK Cabinet turns on wounded Brown
New Zealand Herald
 
Local election loss cuts Brit PM
Dominion Post
 
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GERMANY
 
Brown auf Bewährung
Spiegel
 
Schock für Brown: Labour verliert erneut Nachwahl
sueddeutsche
 
Labour und Brown erleiden bei Nachwahl schwere Schlappe
Reuters Deutschland
 
Brown in Bedrängnis Labour verliert dritte Nachwahl in Folge
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
 
Neuer Schock für Brown: Wieder Wahlniederlage
Fränkischer Tag
 
Premier auf Bewährung: Gordon Brown
Die Zeit
 
Das Erdbeben von Glasgow
Neues Deutschland
 
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AUSTRIA

Großbritannien: Schottische Schläge für Gordon Brown
Die Presse

"Lieber ein guter Nachbar als ein mürrischer Mieter"
der Standard
 
Nächste Schlappe für Labour
Wien Web
 
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SWITZERLAND
 
Labour im freien Fall
Espace
 
Labour-Partei verliert wichtige Teilwahl in Schottland
Swissinfo
 
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FRANCE
 
Royaume-Uni Gordon Brown, la défaite de trop
RFI
 
Le Labour perd son fief de Glasgow-Est
L'Express
 
Nouveau coup dur pour Gordon Brown, dont le parti perd une ...
Le Monde
 
Gordon Brown sous pression
Libération
 
Brown pourrait être appelé à démissionner
Le Figaro
 
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SPAIN
 
Brown sufre una nueva derrota electoral que hace temblar su liderazgo
La Vanguardia
 
Cameron insta a Brown a convocar elecciones generales tras la ...
El Mundo
 
Brown suma en su tradicional feudo de Glasgow la cuarta debacle ...
La Rioja
 
El nacionalismo escocés humilla a Brown
El País
 
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ITALY
 
Elezioni suppletive in Scozia, laburisti sconfitti dai nazionalisti
RaiNews24
 
Scozia, batosta per il Labour perde suppletive nella roccaforte
La Repubblica
 
Gran Bretagna, laburisti sconfitti a Glasgow
ANSA
 
Gran Bretagna. Doccia scozzese per Gordon Brown alle elezioni ...
Agenzia Multimediale Italiana
 
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NETHERLANDS
 
Schotten flirten steeds meer met het idee van afscheiding
Algemeen Dagblad
 
Premier Brown is dringend op zoek naar nieuw elan
NRC Handelsblad_