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Catholic Church cannot win or lose poll for Labour
Claiming that Labour will lose the Glasgow East by-election because of its record on embryo research and abortion suggests the Catholic Church can decide who is going to win and who is going to lose the election, which it cannot, writes Hamish Macdonell.Moreover, if Labour wins the Glasgow East by-election, which it is still on course to do, then it should prove to both the party and to the Catholic Church that the Church does not have the influence it claims to have.
Glasgow East is the best possible test ground for this battle. It is a solidly Labour, strongly Catholic constituency. If the Catholic Church fails to swing the by-election from Labour on such favourable ground this time, then both organisations should realise that the Church really does not have the power over the electorate that it thinks it does.
Full story at The Scotsman.
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