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Scottish Labour dealt a blow to the Sturgeon political dynasty as the party wrested a council seat from the SNP in Irvine on Thursday night.
Louise McPhater, who manages a local community centre, said she wanted to put Irvine back on the map following her stunning Irvine West by-election victory.
Ms McPhater snatched the victory from none other than Nicola Sturgeon’s father, who bitterly claimed that the “Labour-Tory alliance” was “alive and well” following his defeat.
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KENNY MacASKILL looks at the depth of the corruption tolerated within the Scottish National Party and the efforts to keep it from public scrutiny
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW