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Re: Gorton & Denton By-election.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 4:48 pm
by The Weeping Angel
Personally I think they're more likely to double down on such policies.

Re: Gorton & Denton By-election.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 4:48 pm
by mattomac
"Yourparty"....

Only kidding

Re: Gorton & Denton By-election.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 4:54 pm
by mattomac
Blair lost Brent East and Leicester South on far worse swings to be fair and Thatcher lost Ryedale on a big swing. Both were elected as PM a year later.

Re: Gorton & Denton By-election.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 5:23 pm
by Youngian
Swap Gaza for the Iraq War and the Green campaigning doesn't look disimilar to Lib Dems by-election wins in the later Blair wars.
I wouldn't mind betting that the drugs position becomes appointing a Royal Commission before too long.
Farage has held an even more libertarian line on drugs than Zack so its curious why Labour gives Reform a pass on the issue but not the Greens. Is drug decriminalisation more of a problem for conservative muslim parents than white working class Mancs? What's the harm in a bit of sniff and puff on Friday night, good ol Nige knows the score.

Re: Gorton & Denton By-election.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 7:30 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
Farage only mentions that policy if he's around edge lord young people. Which mostly he isn't, so he doesn't.

Re: Gorton & Denton By-election.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 8:05 pm
by Youngian
I enjoyed Stewart Lee making jokes at crisps, last night. But I doubt we'll hear him having a go at Muslim snacks on the politically correct BBC *



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Re: Gorton & Denton By-election.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 8:10 pm
by The Weeping Angel
I think I've found the dumbest take on this result.



The whole thread is just unbelievable.

Re: Gorton & Denton By-election.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 8:21 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
Don't I remember Jez having some awkward moments with the Labour conference, who were much more pro-second referendum than he was? Agitator Starmer did well to get that going. And I think I also remember the Lib Dems snapping up remain voters till Labour shifted. And the John Smith analogy doesn't work. Smith had the choice of blocking the whole treaty or allowing it though. He only allowed it through after taking lumps out of Major by amending it with the Social Chapter. He only took this position after trying very hard to defeat the Government.

I think that guy is a Lexit goon. I don't know what the rest of his lecturing is like, but this is deeply unimpressive.