Scottish Labour’s Michael Shanks has won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection in an overwhelming victory over the SNP that the party leadership declared “seismic”, and a clear demonstration that Scotland could lead the way in delivering a Labour government at Westminster at the coming general election.

In a result that exceeded Scottish Labour expectation, Shanks beat his closest rival, the SNP’s Katy Loudon, by 17,845 votes to 8,399 – a majority of 9,446 and a resounding swing of over 20%.

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    He’s not actually an emperor of India, that’s just what he calls himself.

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        You are confused. We are talking about a random delusional guy called Ankit Love who ran in Scottish by-elections.

        We are not talking about members of any actual royalty.