As a Yank who likes to observe UK politics, Labour seems to follow the "don't interrupt your opponent when they are making a mistake" strategy. It seems to be working.

The other thing to note here us that the guy who won it for Labour had policies more aligned with the SNP than with Starmer.

I am a Labour supporter, and I'm delighted with the result. BUT the best thing about this is that the Tories were absolutely FLATTENED - even lost their deposit! Best result ever.

"You give away tax cuts to The Rich, and gut Social Services to the bone, and what thanks you get for it, you ungrateful reprobates ????" --Tories 😂

Labour in the UK and the Democrats in the US have mastered the strategy of “Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing”

Tactical voting should mean Tories will not win a single seat because the anti-Tory vote is splintered. People on the left and centre should put their differences aside and work together to boot the Tories out of office in every constituency.

This would not only give a boost to labour in scotland but also it might give them a final hour push in mid beds as the clear choice against tories there.

I bet who’s really happy about this more than anybody is Gordon Brown, he’s witnessing the comeback of Scottish labour, which is his true Home which must feel good after years of Scottish labor being irrelevant

Think this video massively underestimates the Unionist tactile voting. I know a family who live in this seat. A Conservative voting family. They all voted Labour to get rid of SNP. I also know a work colleague who is a Labour member but in a Conservative/SNP seat. He has said they will vote Tory to get rid of their SNP MP at next election. Certainly be interesting to see how that plays out

As a Canadian I see some parallel between Quebec and Scotland. Even if a lot of Scot’s are sympathetic towards separatism, at a certain point they move on and worry about other issues and vote for other parties

For an account called TLDR News, these videos are always ironically twice as long as they need to be.

Good result but not as good as they make out. The turn out was dreadful. Just goes to show how cut off the people feel. Even the Tory voters could not be bothered.

Labour won't retake Scotland. As a Scot, Labour will ever be trusted and do not have Scotlands interest at heart. This was a reacrion to the previous MP. Labour are as gross as the tories.... rank rotteb

Listening to this, and the wider media, it does seem that this is being taken a little bit out of context. The really interesting figures are the Scotland wide polling because it seems reasonable to assume that having had a "bad" MP would have damaged their parties local vote.

It's been clear since Sturgeon stepped down that Labour can benefit from this. Now that the hopes of independence have pretty much dropped in priority compared to getting the Tories out, this by-election proves this to be true. Of course the expectation of a massive SNP loss likely won't be true at a GE, there will be a noticeable drop in SNP seats nonetheless.

There are 59 parliamentary constituencies in Scotland. This is one of them. One swallow doesn’t make a summer.

labour won’t retake scotland. voter turnout was so low and Labour hold the seat for a year. Scotland will never forgive the Red Tories

From Blantyre in this constituency from a family of labour voters and personally think from speaking to others that labour are overestimating the size of this win as there is a substantially large protest vote based on my experience from talking through the last few weeks.

All we have left is hope.

Im not too bothered if they get a lot of seats in Scotland, because If elected, Labour will be a one term government unless they change the voting system straight away. The Tories and their mates in Tufton Street and the media are already gearing up to try and blame them for the appalling mess the Conservatives have got our country into. So a hung parliament with the Lib Dems demanding IMMEDIATE electoral reform would be the best outcome to freeze the Tories out for a generation or more.

37% turnout for a by election. A seat that changes hands often. Other than winning the seat there's nothing positive about the result for Labour in Scotland

Are TLDR going to talk about the By-Election in my area of Mid-Beds? It seems like Emma from the LibDem's has a real chance to win a Tory stronghold. I've met Emma and Ed Davey recently in my barbers, met Labours candidate and the Independant. Tory seem to be hiding after the embaressment of Nadine Dorris. Never met her in all her time as our MP and she didn't even live here! Awful MP.

An important point that I haven't seen people talk about is the decline in support for the SNP in Scotland ever since 2015 *in consecutive elections* "despite Brexit"

"The district of 'carlton'" 😅 I've spoken to a coworker in that constituency. He said turnout would be low since the folks he knows are pissed off with Margaret Ferrier, and at the SNP for not delivering independence so a lot are just not voting in the by-election. What that means for the GE nae scooby. We'll see in the GE but I'd be skeptical of any predictions.

I hope that the SNP get themselves sorted, and leave the rotting ghost ship that is Britain/England.

In 2014, I vowed never to vote Labour again. I'm not the only one.

Never read too much into a single by-election. Especially where the incumbent was so disgraced..

Why is still nobody talking about the absolute collapse in the turnout? 37%? While it may be a by-election this is still catastrophically low all things considered. So a 31pt swing surely isn't as good on a low turnout especially when the total votes cast for labour is lower than in 2019 (17,000 odd this year compared to 19,000 odd in 2019)

The SNP are still 10 points ahead in the polls over Labour in contrast to the Tories down south.

Never voted Labour in my life, but defo will this time to get rid of the Tories 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

NO BECAUSE. SCOTLAND ARE PISSED OF WITH SNP. SLEAZE AND DISLIKE THE TORIES !

The graph of results at the start needed labels. Why were there two bars for each seat? Is the second bar the results from last election?

its not that simple if you look back at the last general election. The turn out is lower. votes cast for Labour are less than last time. By-election results can be different to general elections.

37% turnout in a by-election tells you heehaw. What policies were Labour fronting?

As a fan of TLDR News it's a bit of a culture shock to here you talking about the small towns I lived in.

The turnout at this election was pitiful; about half that of the general election. A huge number of voters seem to be displaying of the choices presented. 'They're all cr@p' and 'it makes no difference' is the overwhelming sentiment.

Sir Kid Starver having a majority will be no different to how it is today. The best thing for everyone would be that the current opposition has a combined majority and they have to work together to form a government. From there we could then talk about electoral reform and PR.

I don’t know why I’m here I live in Arizona USA

I don’t think you really touched on the unusual nature of by-elections. The context of why the by-election is being held usually significantly effects the motives of the voters.

Good results for labour, but it was a very low turnout. We'll see what happens in a general election

"Disaster" - the SNP *still* lead Labour in every poll for both the Scottish Parliament and the UK parliament. This was one of Labour's strongest constituencies in Scotland.

Find it bizarre that scotland has anything to with its less attractive cousin England

It rather looks as if you are taking one data point, TLDR, and telling me it is a trend.

recent times finally give me hope for a labour government - i just pray starmer pulls it off

The only reason Scotland remained in the UK in 2015 because of the tory lies about staying in the EU. Only if Scotland had left when they had the chance, by now they could have normal Scottish left-wing, liberal, right-wing parties, etc...

No they won’t. Only 37% turnout in very heavy rain. SNP will retake the seat next year in the general election.

As an outside observer, it would seem that the Scottish independence issue, while still highly salient to voters, has been pushed to the backburner as more pressing whole-of-UK issues are front and center. This election should not be read as a softening of sentiment in favor of independence, but a recognition among Scottish voters that, right now, there are bigger (or more easily reachable) fish to fry. It also shows a certain level of disgust at how the SNP leadership have conducted themselves in recent months (i.e. the campaign financing scandals). There may be some doubt now that SNP is the party that should lead Scotland to independence. I would guess SNP and Labour win a large share of Scottish votes, and the Conservatives are pushed to the margins. The next UK election will see major losses for the SNP, but it's unclear if Labour will actually be able to displace them as the largest party in Scotland. We'll just have to wait and see.

You probably should have mentioned voter turnout was below 40%

Seen this too many times somebody says I'll fix it and they end up disappointing let's just see if labor can actually deliver. God bless Scotland and my Scottish Kin. Independent Scotland for all.

I don't wanna be that guy, but it's pretty simple right? "My team didn't win this election, this bad for me". Like what did we expect, the conservatives jumping for joy over a by election defeat???

Look Im gonna say it as an outsider from Canada: Unless you raze parliament and start anew this is your future, endless bickering and no work done! All while the citizens lose patience and WILL retaliate!

This is the second time in as many days that I hear that losing candidates of that election "lost their deposits". I don't know what that refers to, but I am guessing that British candidates pay some sort of election participation deposit (in money) and, if victorious, are returned that money. Would that be correct?

28 Months of investigation into Nicola and the SNP 00 Charges brought Black Ops ?

Drawing conclusions from bye elections is unwise. Sloppy commentators say if this is replicated in a general election Labour will win every seat in Scotland. They won't, they will make gains. Likely outcome is SNP will still be largest party.

That's how wonderful democracy is. Electorates vote against parties, not for them.

I think it’s obvious here, if you look how much the tories have dropped, they tactically voted for labour to get snp out. Because less SNP seats means tories and red tories can work together to outvote snp. Otherwise i think the vote would have been closer

No TLDR News, you're misunderstanding something incredibly important. Up in Scotland, the Conservatives and Labour bat for the same team - there is tactical voting going on up here because people want to oust the SNP (this goes back to the unionist and separatist factions). I've seen so many people from England comment on this byelection and totally misunderstanding the point that both Labour and Tories (as far as Scotland is concerned) largely hold the same policies. It's not like Labour and Conservatives down in England and elsewhere. Is it a disaster for the SNP? Yes, yes it is. The SNP has ostracised much of its own voter base in recent years, so they will suffer from voter apathy in the coming election, which is why there is an appeal for a tactical vote amongst unionist parties to oust the SNP from Scottish politics (granted this was a byelection for a Westminster slot, but the same will happen in Holyrood elections, too). Scotland in recent years has been taken over by some very, very, very radical Greens, who really have put forward nothing to do with traditional green policies but rather have hammered in on liberties and freedoms of those of us in Scotland, as well as forced in many laws which were never on any party manifesto. The Conservatives have a handful of seats they will still win in Scotland, places around the Aberdeen area and such, because Conservative policy brings a lot of wealth to that region. But as for the Central Belt (Glasgow, Edinburgh, etc) then there will be a tactical vote to push all of that back to a unionist party because the majority of people in Scotland want to stop the crusade for independence (which thus far hasn't been possible because votes are split between several parties, as opposed to the SNP consolidating the entire pro-independence vote share).

The snp coming to an end, labour taking its place. What could go wrong? Would it mean out of the frying pan into the fire? Think Drakeford and Wales and 20 mph everywhere.

Last time Labour were in power, they didn't build a single home in Scotland. Let that sink in.

What happened on Thursday night does give me hope that the Tartan Tories are on the way out.

Wait I just learned that a political party in the UK has to place down a deposit to run for a seat? That seems like the most messed up system there possibly could be.

It will be a sight to see to see a return of a red Scotland. If it is paired with a red England I feel like there could be some serious change in the UK after this long entrenched conservative government.

Why am I not more happy about this?

SNP just keeps taking blows. One of the biggest having a racist as their new leader.

For more context, at no time in the entire history of the Union has the a single vote in Scotland effected the out come of General Election.

wouldn't hold my breath on that

Labour now has 2 seats. The limp damps have three, the tories six and SNP 43. They tories still have THREE times as many seats and SNP TWENTY TWO times as many. The seat has been abolished and vanishes at the GE.

Apparently there was only a 37% turn out at the Rutherglen byelection, which says a hell of a lot more about the failure called the SNP rather than the Liebour party!! Liebour also won that Yorkshire byelection on a low turnout, which means a hell of a lot of voters stayed at home, which at a general election may well change!!!

Not the 'win' that some portray it as - a very low turnout for a poll that matters little There will be a GE soon, and one seat will diminish the majority a tiny iota

Give Sir Keir Stamner a chance, he will fuck it up.

This is the fastest I have ever been to a video period

The UK has gone from growth to stagnation; and is now in terminal decline. The brand colour of the ruling party doesn't matter anymore.

It was 40% less, of vote. Scotland could care less about England. Beat it pal.

hopefully not

So what you’re saying is Ferriers Covid test is likely to be the only positive for the SNP in the near future?

This train crash of a government needs to be put in the bin of history asap

As an American, i wonder if Brits are seeing Labour as the best party to carry the torch of Brexit regret (Bregret, Brexgret?)

Labour making gains in Scotland, but have committed suicide in Wales, have lost many Muslim voters and lost support with Khan and ULEZ in London. My money still on the Conservatives winning, with a reduced majority.

What does it mean for a party to lose their deposit?

60% of a 30% turnout. Not placing any bets on who wins at the general election.

No!!!

That's not Labour in the thumbnail.

Poor Ben, powering through that cold for us. Cheers to him!

Anything to get the SNP out

So the choice isn't to let Rishi Sunak have a second run at the economy (and pray that he does well instead of merely outperforming a lettuce) and letting SNP into a coalition anymore? For all the people who follow TLDR seem to hate the Conservatives (looking at the upvoted comments and the fact that they are more skewed away from the Tories even more than their terrible number polling suggests indicate TLDR viewers like them even less than the British as a whole) I often remind them the Conservatives are the only thing keeping SNP out of government, but I guess it's not true anymore.

It's like picking between drowning and being thrown to burn to death on lava. Would you rather die slowly and agonisingly drawn out or die quickly in unimaginable pain?

The poor result of the Tories in this by-election means literally nothing for the next election. Obviously the tories are going to have their arse kicked next election but the failure of Tory voters to come out rainy when their votes meant nothing is hardly surprising.

Hold your nose and vote Labour folks!

You need to remember that the turnout was very low. The result at the general election will be quite different. Its clear that a lot of snp voters didn't bother in protest to the behaviour of Margaret Ferrier.

Its almost like TLDR have something against the SNP?

I can assure you that this result doesn't mean much. The SNP will almost certainly still be the largest party in Scotland at the next general election. This is a seat that continually votes labour, if something bad happens in the SNP they vote for Labour. This result is a reaction against that. The only interesting factor here is the number of people that voted Labour compared to the SNP. A factor in this is the boycott by SNP voters, but it does also shows that Labour is slightly more popular than expected. It cannot, however, be used as a way to determine how other constituencies will vote.

A loss in a seat Conservatives were never going to win is a disaster for Conservatives?

Scotland has a migrant first minster who the people never voted for

Let's ensure that Republican SNP first minister is kicked out of Holyrood.

Labour winning in Scotland would probably be a mild improvement.

I cannot believe the people of Scotland will return to the Labour party where years of mitigating against the worse of Westminster's policies will just be given up. We may well lose the Scottish Child Payment for our poorest families, the reintroduction of the Bedroom Tax. We might lose free prescriptions and free tuition for our students; the moratoriam on Fracking could be lifted. Make no mistake Anas Sarwar takes his instructions from Westminster, there is no "Scottish" Labour!

Brought.

No, labour will not take Scotland

Are we Scots to have any say in this protracted battle of chess the unionists in England are playing?

The snp will never win again as long as we funkytown all of them.