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Sat 11 Nov 2008Labour's win in byelection a big boost for embattled Brown
GORDON BROWN scored a significant personal triumph yesterday as Labour fought off the nationalist challenge to win the Glenrothes byelection with a surprisingly comfortable majority of 6,737, reports Frank MillarLondon Editor
Just weeks ago the byelection date and a widely predicted Labour defeat had been tipped as the likely launch pad for a damaging internal Labour rebellion against Mr Brown's troubled leadership. Even Brown loyalists had been reduced to hoping that seemingly inevitable disaster in the prime minister's neighbouring constituency in Fife would be overshadowed by the excitement generated by Barack Obama's victory in the US presidential election.
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