Labour Candidate "Not Worried" About Losing 'Safest Seat'

Labour's candidate to replace Gordon Brown isn't worried about a poll suggesting he'll lose one of the safest seats in Scotland.

 

Kenny Selbie, a Fife councillor, is standing in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath following the former Prime Minister's retirement from Westminster.

Conservative Peer Lord Ashcroft recently suggested the SNP could gain the seat as part of a wider wipeout of Labour in Scotland.

A swing of 28.5 percent is required, with Mr Brown racking up a majority of 23,009.

Kirkcaldy voted for independence in September, while the SNP currently holds most of the constituency at Holyrood.

Councillor Selbie insists the seat is there to be won:

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