Scots rebuff for Tories by Calmar
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-05-13Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 6 →
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THE jingoism which favoured the Thatcher administration in last week's local elections, found no echo north of the border.
Here the swing against the Tories which was marked in 1978 was further strengthened this time round.
In Glasgow Region, which in terms of population is half of Scotland, the Tories were annihilated, being left with only 15 seats out of a total of over 100 on the Regional Council compared with 24 last time.
In Grampian they only just held overall control and seats were also lost in other regions.
Overall, a traditional anti-imperialism characteristic of the Scottish labour movement, has helped deliver this rebuff to the Tory government. Given positive directon it could be the source of a l powerful challenge 1o Thatcher and her warlords.
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Socialist Organiser no.84 May 13. 1982 Page slington: left sweeps