Young men carry wooden pallets next to the Red Road high rise flats in the Springburn area of Glasgow, Scotland, November 5, 2009. Labour loyalists are expected to deliver a comfortable win for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's centre-left party in a by-election in the Glasgow North East parliamentary constituency on Thursday. Analysts say that anything other than a routine win for Labour could prompt fresh speculation about Brown's leadership after a rebellion petered out earlier this year. Picture taken November 5, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 week ago

Young men carry wooden pallets next to the Red Road high rise flats in the Springburn area of Glasgow, Scotland, November 5, 2009. Labour loyalists are expected to deliver a comfortable win for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's centre-left party in a by-election in the Glasgow North East parliamentary constituency on Thursday. Analysts say that anything other than a routine win for Labour could prompt fresh speculation about Brown's leadership after a rebellion petered out earlier this year. Picture taken November 5, 2009.

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