Election loss deals blow to U.K.'s Brown

Nationalists snatch Scottish seat from Labour; rival demands early election The party of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen outside 10 Downing Street on Wednesday, has been dealt another setback. LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered a stunning setback when his party was defeated in a Labour stronghold in Scotland. His leading opponent demanded Friday that Brown call an early national election. The Scottish National Party overturned a big Labour majority in a special election Thursday to take Glasgow East, a working-class area that is longtime Labour territory. Voters were replacing Labour lawmaker David Marshall, who resigned for health reasons. Labour won Glasgow East by more than 13,000 votes in the 2005 national election, but this time Scottish nationalist candidate John Mason won the seat by 365... [read full story]