The ordinary punters have gone into revolt. But the Establishment can`t be in any great hurry to get rid of Gordon and New Labour .... it`s the best Tory government that the UK has ever had!
Bill Robertson, Eaglesham, Glasgow

w.b.robertson, eaglesham, glasgow, scotland

The only way to get "rid of Scotland " is for ENGLAND to leave the UK.If Scots wish to leave the UK -THEY will vote for it. It is extremely close to such a scenario.UNLIKE right wing anti Scottish sentiments in parts of England-the Scots are not anti English but anti New Labour/Tory establishment

alasdair , stornoway,

Go now Mr Brown, the electorate are mighty sick of you. Labour in meltdown. All over by the end of labour party conference.

Victor, London, England.

Labours difficulty now is that they can't replace Brown without going to the nation.

Having two unlected prime ministers is unacceptable in a democratic society.

Additionally any one in the labour party is hardly going to put themselves up against him- as if win/lose they are damned

David, Carlisle, Cumbria

Sleepless nights for the New Labour pack , unemployment is looming. And , at last , we can get rid of Scotland

swisschris, New Malden, England

Apart from the well earned loss by Labour what interests me is that around 25,000 people or 42% voted. This indicates to me that Scotland is over represented in Parliament.

R Fowler, braunton, UK

Hear! Hear! James Jackson, I was about to say the same thing myself.

John Mills, Bognor Regis, UK

Brown will go down in history as the Prime Minister who never won an election. It's just a shame we have to wait two more years before we can write the final chapter for him.

Ian, London, UK

State leaders have, for thousands of years, claimed or believed that they have a God-given right to rule. Unfortunately, even the mightiest fall in time. Gordon Brown is a far fetch from being mighty and will suffer less ignominy and shame the sooner he goes.

Roy Shaw, Portishead, UK

This Government has introduced regulations, that assess many trades of their competence; If only they could apply this to themselves, because in many peoples eyes: they are been found wanting. And are not fit for purpose.
The state of of which this country's in - stops with the Labour party.

A Walton, Leicester, England

The saddest thing here, Labour are more interested in winning the next election rather than doing what is best for this country.

I don't have a problem with Brown - I blame his immediate cabinet for the mess he's in.

DH, Newport, UK

It gets even worse for Mr Brown and Nu labour. They have comprehensively ignored the Working Class, produced policies which are detrimental to the Working Class such as unfettered immigration. They have insulted the Working Class, as fat, and lazy. Result, people turn to nationalism.

John, Wolverhampton,

How can this government with so little public support claim a mandate to govern for a further 2 years.This isn't just about Brown it's the whole Labour party.

Andrew, Bristol, UK

This is to be expected: Scotland is Scotland and England is England and England should have an English Prime Minister, or at least one from an English constituency.

England needs an English parliament and let this be a nail in the coffin of McBrown's " Britishness" (it meaningless).

Peter GODDARD, Epsom, England, EU

All the labour pundits will say "it's only a by-election, the voters are sending us a message, we are listening" well they had better listen with their good ear next time.

trevor norton, Birmingham,

I look forward to the commentators saying

"...and if this result were repeated throughout the country Labour would have 23 seats"

Brian Gilbert, HAMPTON Middx, England

lets face it, Gordon Brown is the new Anthony Eden; best prepared man for the job and his downfll isover the policy area he was meant to be strongest at. For Eden it was foreign policy for Brown it is hte economy.

Sui Chung, HOng Kong, Hong Kong

Well if I can't underestimate the scale of the disaster, then to say it's not significant would be correct? How sloppy of an "expert" to be so inexpert in his use of language - what he meant of course was that the scale of the disaster could not be overestimated....

James Jackson, Denpasar,

Soon we shall see all present Labour MPs being forced to pick up litter and clean graffiti to justify incapacity benefit, claimed for mass instances of breakdown, resulting from their personal sense of rejection, following their political extinction, and under legislation that they have introduced.

Steve Buckel, Braunau-am-Inn, Austria

The problem for labour is they haven't got anyone else with the capacity to lead. The cabinet is a basket case of neverwossers. Brown also never delivered on the referendum and that caused a lot of personal resentment.

m wilson, bidache, france

One very telling aspect of this campaign. My Gran has lived there for 60 years and it's the first time she's been canvassed on her own door step. Alex Salmond spent half and hour with her. Labour were notably absent. The campaigned in pockets - and small ones at that. Now they're paying dearly.

Rhi McCrorie, Bangor, Wales

They are no "Different" to anyone in "England", taxed to the "Grave" and are trying to "Avoid going There"!

Paul, Newtown, Powys, UK