Spin betting on Glenrothes
The absolute determination of the media to hand victory at Glenrothes to Gordon Brown is glaringly obvious and, in the context of the Scottish media, particularly unpalatable.
With no activist base left and Labour help being shipped in from south of the Border, we have been treated to a succession of media-centred stunts as the Labour campaign. The latest of these was a sally into the fray by a spokesman from a well known firm of bookmakers who offered the information that his company had "not taken a penny on the SNP" since Gordon Brown visited the constituency.
This is probably true, but not all of the truth, I would bet.
The fact is that Labour has always been favourite to hold Glenrothes and the bookmaker's games are just part of the massive spin effort to present an unavoidable poor result for Labour in the best possible light.
DAVID McEWAN HILL
Tom Nan Ragh
Dalinlongart, Argyll
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