Tag: green party

Labour thinks the working class doesn’t care about dogs, claims new Green MP Hannah Spencer as she backs greyhound racing ban

[ad_1] Labour has been ‘offensively caricaturing’ the working class by suggesting they do not want to ban greyhound racing, claims Green Party MP Hannah Spencer.  Politicians in England have faced mounting pressure to end the sport as lawmakers outlawed it in Scotland and Wales.   Dog racing has been traditionally linked with working-class culture, and is commonly popular […]

Greens Claim Historic By-Election Victory In Crushing Blow For Keir Starmer

[ad_1] The Green Party has comprehensively won the Gorton and Denton by-election in a stunning result which saw Labour slump to third place. In a crushing blow for Keir Starmer, the Greens’ Hannah Spencer came first with 14,980 votes following a bitterly-fought contest. Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin came second with 10,578, despite his party’s lead […]

What is family voting? Concerns raised during Gorton and Denton by-election

[ad_1] Ballot papers are tipped out of boxes during the vote count for the Gorton and Denton by-election in Manchester, Britain (Picture: EPA) Election officials have said they are concerned people were forcing family members to vote in a certain way during the Gorton and Denton by-election. After polls closed on Thursday night, an election observer group […]

Why is the Gorton and Denton by-election so important?

[ad_1] It looks like it will be a three-horse race (Picture: PA/Getty) You’d be forgiven for thinking that today’s Gorton and Denton by-election in Manchester is a potentially earth-shattering, epochal, life-or-death moment for Sir Keir Starmer. Especially if you’ve been going a little heavy on the political journalism. Yes, we reporters do like to overegg […]

Zack Polanski Calls On Labour To Apologise For Inventing Fake Tactical Voting Company

[ad_1] Zack Polanski has demanded Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell apologise for a by-election campaign leaflet featuring a fake tactical voting company. The offending literature was sent to voters in Gorton and Denton on the eve of a crunch poll in the Labour-held seat. It says: “The Tactical Choice says Vote Labour. Based on a […]

Labour Accused Of By-Election Dirty Tricks Over ‘Fictitious’ Tactical Voting Group

[ad_1] Labour is embroiled in a dirty tricks row over a campaign leaflet featuring a “fictitious” tactical voting company. The offending literature has been put through voters’ doors on the eve of Thursday’s crunch Gorton and Denton by-election. It says: “The Tactical Choice says Vote Labour. Based on a new prediction made in the last […]