Comments on: Glasgow South West

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:07:29 +0000

“And I believe he’s standing down in May anyway isn’t he?”

yes, SNP has already selected all their candidates in Glasgow

By: Shaun Bennett

Shaun Bennett — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:05:24 +0000

And I believe he’s standing down in May anyway isn’t he? Making his defection to the SNP entirely honourable.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:27:49 +0000

He’s one of the many Labour Cllrs deselected (many of them simply not placed on the new aproved candidates’ list)

By: Lancs Observer

Lancs Observer — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:04:35 +0000

Labour Cllr Irfan Rabani here has defected to the SNP. Apologies if I have misspelt his surname, but I found 3 different spellings online.

By: Barnaby JL Marder

Barnaby JL Marder — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:13:00 +0000

Without wishing to be too unwelcoming to Davena Rankin, I can’t help but agree with Pete on this one. Glasgow Labour Party has some more noteworthy figures than her and there must be any number of longer-standing comrades who would be likelier than she is to be selected for any vacant safe Labour seat. Andrea is also correct however, by the looks of it.

By: Warofdreams

Warofdreams — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:04:16 +0000

“I don’t know, but I find it odd how someone could want to defect to a party (in either direction) which only recently had 13 years to get it right.”

Two thoughts: firstly, Labour hasn’t been in power in Scotland since 2007. Secondly, the national party has a new leader and (potentially) a new direction – we shall see. Somebody might want to be a part of determining the future of the party, which should be rather easier to do now they are out of office.

Although one factor might have been that 2010 was the best result for the Tories in over a decade, yet they still didn’t make an impact in Glasgow – somebody might decide that they’d rather be a member of a party more likely to secure them a seat.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:28:54 +0000

I thought that if Davidson retires, his vacant seat can be used to fit all other Glasgow current MPs after the abolition of a seat

By: Joe James B

Joe James B — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:26:35 +0000

I don’t know, but I find it odd how someone could want to defect to a party (in either direction) which only recently had 13 years to get it right.

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:18:31 +0000

Is this Davina Rankin really so talented that she merits mention in any and every discussion of possibly available Labour seats in the Glasgow area? Or is it just because she is a defector? It isn’t a rhetorical question. It just seems that somebody who was a relatively big fish in a small pond (and I guess Glasgow Tories are a very small pond) doesn’t necessarily become a big fish in a much bigger pond. If she can do so by virtue of the fact she has defected rather than worked her way up through her new party, one is bound to think that this could become the preferred career path of many wannabe Labour MPs – fight a few hopeless seats for an opposition party then defect in a flurry of publicity all giving the impression that one is some kind of major player. Indeed one almost wonders if this wasn’t her plan all along

By: James Jacobs

James Jacobs — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:48:15 +0000

If Ian Davidson decides to retire, I wonder what chances of Davena Rankin trying for this seat will be. Tom Harris is Glasgow South is in no way going to retire, but Davidson might