In another blow for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the Scottish National Party has won a bedrock Labour seat in a by-election. The seat had a Labour majority of over 13,000 votes but went to the SNP by a narrow margin.
In US political terms the swing was 23%, which is even bigger that some of the upsets that the GOP has seen over the last few months.
Speculation remains as to whether or not Brown will be able to stay in power. From the point of view of the Conservatives it would probably be better for Brown to stay in power.