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Defection and defeat strike blow to Nationalists

Labour yesterday celebrated the defection of an SNP councillor and a council by-election victory as a "double whammy" which, they said, proved that the Alex Salmond honeymoon was over.

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ROBBIE DINWOODIE, Chief Scottish Political Correspondent

Labour yesterday celebrated the defection of an SNP councillor and a council by-election victory as a "double whammy" which, they said, proved that the Alex Salmond honeymoon was over.