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I do not think I have ever seen this in a property description before lmao

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Important to remember that the people most enthusiastic about bombing Iran are almost always the people most hateful towards refugees.

Fun fact. Labour, Greens and LibDems got 68% in Gorton and Denton at the General Election and at the by-election they got....68%!

Apparently the tree was chosen as their logo as it represents “stability, strength and growth” - so I’m thinking it currently must have some wood-boring beetles attacking it.

#Farronopolis will never fall.

First ever Green Party by-election win in history.

(Not that you’d know from the press coverage or most social media.)

That’s actually a massive win for them - and off the back of Reform’s first ever by-election win at the last by-election politics continues to shift fast.

I’ll be honest, I expected Labour’s vote to drop quite a bit more…

🤣

Greens have out-Libbed the Libs on this for years.

“Party that hates Muslim voters angry that Muslim voters don’t vote for them”

For those hailing the strong Lab result here’s context: this was a safe Labour ward at the last election.

Lib Dems took it off them from third place in a by-election and their winner quit after just 13 months.

Labour thought they had it and threw resources at it, but the Libs (just) held on.

if matt goodwin were to lose tonight, it would be a bitter blow not just for reform but also for nominative determinism

*Shirley, you can’t be serious.

Lib Dems win tonight’s by-election*

Why the Tories and Lib Dems are the real winners in Gorton and Denton.

A thread: 🧵

I'm hearing from Tory sources that theyre quietly confident that Susan Hall has won Gorton and Denton

Labour: We need to see of the threat of Reform.

Tonight’s 3 election results:

Lab lose to Lib Dem
Lab lose to Plaid Cymru
Lab lose to Green

🤷‍♂️

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

Surprisingly solid Tory performance…

22.3% gets you victory…

Not sure with the Cotswolds if it was a pact or just no local candidate at the prior election.

Oxfordshire councils and Richmond certainly had the pact, but further afield I’m less sure.

Is this the biggest ever Green Party drop in vote in a seat they have defended?

(Obviously local factors and a lack of Lib Dem last time, but I can’t think of such a large drop before except where they didn’t defend).

Harborough seems to be a LD meltdown over last year. Bad results in LEs on a generally excellent night, and two otherwise rare byelection losses since then too.

If Santa was left-wing why do poor kids get bugger-all and little trust-fund brats get Porches?

Fort William and Ardnamurchan (Highland) by-election, 1st prefs:

Lib Dem: 925 (40.4%, -18.5)
SNP: 665 (29.1%, +3.5)
Reform UK: 220 (9.6%, new)
Green: 216 (9.4%, +3.4)
Conservative: 175 (7.6%, +3.2)
Labour: 87 (3.8%, -0.7)

Lib Dem elected stage 5.

First Reform UK win in Scotland; I expected them to do well but Labour really collapsed here beyond what I had anticipated. Transfer rounds will make for fascinating reading, though tbc whether I have time to look at them in between work and evening plans!

Labour went from 1st to 4th.

Oof - Lab from 1st to 4th!

13 vote majority. Unlucky for many…