Published Date: 06 November 2008 IT HAS all the makings of a political masterstroke. The Labour v SNP fight in today's Glenrothes by-election has been dominated by the involvement of Alex Salmond, First Minister, and his counterpart Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister. As the constituency neighbouring Mr Brown's own fiefdom, and a long-standing Labour seat at Westminster, this should be very much a 'home' fixture for Labour. But Mr Salmond always has an eye for the half chance, and has nailed his colours to a particularly handy mast that Mr Brown cannot venture near. Because as everyone in the country knows, the Prime Minister is a Raith Rovers supporters. And there is only one senior club in the Glenrothes constituency, which just happens to be East Fife, the deadly rivals of Raith Rovers. For perhaps the first time in his...
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