Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Scots May Rebuke Labour, Undermine Native Son Brown in Parliament Election

(Bloomberg) -- Scotland votes tomorrow in an election that may jeopardize the Labour Party's dominance a week before U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to pave the way for Scottish native son Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, to succeed him.

The Scottish National Party, which is seeking independence from the rest of Britain, leads Labour in opinion polls on the eve of elections to the parliament in Edinburgh. A defeat for Blair's and Brown's Labour would mean the end of the party's half-century domination of Scottish politics.


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