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Salmond accuses Labour of 'panic' on by-election date

Labour was last night accused by Alex Salmond of being in a "blind panic" and deliberately removing voters from the Glasgow East by-election by holding the contest on July 24 - in the middle of the Glasgow Fair holiday.

Labour was last night accused by Alex Salmond of being in a "blind panic" and deliberately removing voters from the Glasgow East by-election by holding the contest on July 24 - in the middle of the Glasgow Fair holiday.