| | Still a formidable opponent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Stunningly effective in the by-election victory over the Tories in Perth almost a decade ago, the only SNP politician ever to defend such a win, and a scourge of Labour when she first confronted their MSPs in the Scottish Parliament, she was the deputy leader who seemed to disappear. |
 | | In this contest, she began brightly and seemed energised once more, promising a new battle across all fronts in which the SNP would reclaim leadership of Scottish radicalism inside and outside parliament at the head of anti-poverty campaigns and opposition to dumping redundant nuclear submarines at Coulport. |
 | | The next time they clashed, Ms Cunningham more or less accused her opponent of plotting behind John Swinney and stabbing him in the back, so maybe the campaign would not have been that positive or upbeat. |
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