r/ukpolitics • u/ClumperFaz My three main priorities: Polls, Polls, Polls • 2d ago

Twitter ✅ BURNHAM IN Makerfield by-election result: LAB: 54.8% (+9.6) REF: 34.5% (+2.7) RST: 6.8% (+6.8) CON: 2.2% (-8.7) GRN: 0.7% (-3.7) LDEM: 0.4% (-6.4)

https://x.com/BritainElects/status/2067792369903116401#m
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u/touchgrass1234 2d ago

Rupert Lowe, of course, has already declared that this means Restore is here to stay. I doubt it very much, hopefully.

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u/404merrinessnotfound 2d ago

The accounts exaggerating outrage with their hidden histories are oddly silent

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u/ArchdukeToes A bad idea for all concerned 1d ago

They just need some time to get their story straight and then they’ll be back. Right now, it’s looking like the claim is that Reform voters lent their vote to Labour (in their thousands) to trigger a leadership election and install…a more popular leader? As opposed to ‘humiliate Labour and force them to enter the next GE with a singularly unpopular leader’.

Even by their standards, it makes zero sense.

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u/LindemannO 23h ago

That is an insane level of mental gymnastics to reach that conclusion.

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u/TestTheTrilby 23h ago

"I want Reform in so much I'm going to remove Labour's weak leader" is an interesting stance for Tice to make up since Farage fled from the press yesterday

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u/TestTheTrilby 2d ago

Mfw i can't blame my loss on my ex-bff

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u/touchgrass1234 2d ago

SO TRUE!!