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The SNP today highlighted the international impact of John Mason's victory in the Glasgow East by-election on Thursday.
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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The following links cover a range of international coverage of the Glasgow East by-election result.
New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/world/europe/26britain.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072500319.html
Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121695741112983893.html
UK: PM Brown suffers fresh election shock CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/25/brown.loss/index.html
Scottish voters deal blow to UK's Brown Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jul25/0,4670,BritainElection,00.html
Scottish Voters Deal Blow To British Leader Brown CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/25/ap/europe/main4292219.shtml
Election loss deals fresh blow to U.K.'s Brown MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25845003/
Scots deal huge blow to Britain's Brown Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-britain-brown_bdjul27,0,78687.story
Scottish voters deal blow to British leader Brown Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2008/07/25/scottish_voters_deal_blow_to_uks_brown
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CANADA
Election loss deals crushing blow to Britain's Brown Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080724.wbritish-election0724/BNStory/International/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080724.wbritish-election0724
British PM suffers election blow Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/467209
Woes for British PM after nationalists snatch Scottish seat CBC www.cbc.ca/cp/world/080725/w072535A.html
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AUSTRALIA
UK Labour loses crucial seat in blow to Brown ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/25/2314386.htm?section=justin
Epic loss has Labour in a spin Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/epic-loss-has-labour-in-a-spin/2008/07/25/1216492734183.html
Poll defeat puts Brown on notice The Age http://www.theage.com.au/world/poll-defeat-puts-brown-on-notice-20080725-3l2l.html
British PM Gordon Brown under pressure after by-election loss Melbourne Herald Sun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24076095-663,00.html
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NEW ZEALAND
More bad news for Gordon Brown TVNZ http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1943449
UK Cabinet turns on wounded Brown New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10523631
Local election loss cuts Brit PM Dominion Post http://www.stuff.co.nz/4632424a12.html
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GERMANY
Brown auf Bewährung Spiegel http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,568366,00.html
Schock für Brown: Labour verliert erneut Nachwahl sueddeutsche http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/71421
Labour und Brown erleiden bei Nachwahl schwere Schlappe Reuters Deutschland http://de.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2008-07-25T090946Z_01_HUM518634_RTRDEOC_0_GROSSBRITANNIEN-WAHLERGEBNIS.xml&archived=False
Brown in Bedrängnis Labour verliert dritte Nachwahl in Folge Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung http://www.faz.net/s/RubDDBDABB9457A437BAA85A49C26FB23A0/Doc~EED8466A4F6734B82A0846BBA6F52EAE9~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html?rss_googlefeed
Neuer Schock für Brown: Wieder Wahlniederlage Fränkischer Tag http://www.fraenkischer-tag.de/cms/index.php?id=2026&GUID=18425774:1216991609000
Premier auf Bewährung: Gordon Brown Die Zeit http://www.zeit.de/online/2008/31/gordon-brown-premier-auf-bewaehrung
Großbritannien: Schottische Schläge für Gordon Brown Die Presse http://diepresse.com/home/politik/aussenpolitik/401400/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/politik/index.do
Das Erdbeben von Glasgow Neues Deutschland http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/132737.das-erdbeben-von-glasgow.html
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AUSTRIA
"Lieber ein guter Nachbar als ein mürrischer Mieter" der Standard http://derstandard.at/?id=1216917841876
Nächste Schlappe für Labour Wien Web http://www.wienweb.at/content.aspx?menu=12&cid=153524
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SWITZERLAND
Labour im freien Fall Espace http://www.espace.ch/artikel_549601.html
Labour-Partei verliert wichtige Teilwahl in Schottland Swissinfo http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/news/newsticker/Labour_Partei_verliert_wichtige_Teilwahl_in_Schottland.html?siteSect=146&sid=9371021&cKey=1216979772000&ty=ti&positionT=4
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FRANCE
Royaume-Uni Gordon Brown, la défaite de trop RFI http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/103/article_69007.asp
Le Labour perd son fief de Glasgow-Est L'Express http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/depeches/infojour/reuters.asp?id=75635
Nouveau coup dur pour Gordon Brown, dont le parti perd une ... Le Monde http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2008/07/25/nouveau-coup-dur-pour-gordon-brown_1077219_3214.html
Gordon Brown sous pression Libération http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/monde/341388.FR.php
Brown pourrait être appelé à démissionner Le Figaro http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2008/07/26/01011-20080726FILWWW00369-brown-pourrait-etre-appele-a-demissionner.php
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SPAIN
Brown sufre una nueva derrota electoral que hace temblar su liderazgo La Vanguardia http://www.lavanguardia.es/lv24h/20080725/53508195353.html
Cameron insta a Brown a convocar elecciones generales tras la ... El Mundo http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/07/25/internacional/1216977203.html
Brown suma en su tradicional feudo de Glasgow la cuarta debacle ... La Rioja http://www.larioja.com/20080726/mundo/brown-suma-tradicional-feudo-20080726.html
El nacionalismo escocés humilla a Brown El País http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/nacionalismo/escoces/humilla/Brown/elpepiint/20080726elpepiint_2/Tes
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ITALY
Elezioni suppletive in Scozia, laburisti sconfitti dai nazionalisti RaiNews24 http://www.rainews24.it/notizia.asp?newsid=84168
Scozia, batosta per il Labour perde suppletive nella roccaforte La Repubblica http://www.repubblica.it/2008/07/sezioni/esteri/scozia-laburisti/scozia-laburisti/scozia-laburisti.html
Gran Bretagna, laburisti sconfitti a Glasgow ANSA http://www.ansa.it/opencms/export/site/notizie/rubriche/altrenotizie/visualizza_new.html_731002227.html
Gran Bretagna. Doccia scozzese per Gordon Brown alle elezioni ... Agenzia Multimediale Italiana http://www.agenziami.it/articolo/1163/Gran+Bretagna+Doccia+scozzese+per+Gordon+Brown+alle+elezioni+suppletive/
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NETHERLANDS
Schotten flirten steeds meer met het idee van afscheiding Algemeen Dagblad http://www.ad.nl/buitenland/2474648/Schotten_flirten_steeds_meer_met_het_idee_van_afscheiding.html
Premier Brown is dringend op zoek naar nieuw elan NRC Handelsblad http://www.nrc.nl/buitenland/article1186764.ece/Premier_Brown_is_dringend_op_zoek_naar_nieuw_elan
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