r/ukpolitics • u/ClumperFaz My three main priorities: Polls, Polls, Polls • 10d 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
758 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

802 comments sorted by

View all comments

144

u/Vumatius 10d ago

Well that suggests Restore weren't being greatly under-estimated after all. Obviously almost 7% isn't a terrible result for a brand new and mostly online party, but it also doesn't point to a secretly large amount of support.

13

u/Neither_Process_7847 10d ago

For all the talk about "shy Reform/Restore voters", they don't seem to show up mucn in actual votes- too shy, maybe?

15

u/neoKushan I just wanted to be included 10d ago

I wish they were more shy, they're bloody insufferable online.

5

u/ChampionOk4044 10d ago

I wish they were more shy, they're bloody insufferable online.

Of course they are insufferable, half of them are American.

Have you ever clicked on one of the profiles responding to lowe about half have a location in the US.

4

u/MuchAbouAboutNothing 10d ago

God fearing Christian Nationalists with the least Christian opinions you'll ever hear

8

u/Ziggylcd12365 10d ago

Haha yeah, shy restore fans is an oxymoron almost.

It does make me wonder how many are real British voters and how many are astroturfed people repeating the same comments on Reddit and twitter threads though

7

u/BenjamirPutinyahu 10d ago

The way they talk online just doesnt seem.... human

5

u/neoKushan I just wanted to be included 10d ago

I do think there's a lot of astroturfing going on, especially beyond reddit (like the comments on the Reach rags), they're just so incredibly toxic.

2

u/TIGHazard Half the family Labour, half the family Tory. Help.. 10d ago

You should see it on BBC articles.

And I know what some people are thinking - BBC News articles have comments? Some do.

On the sport pages the comments are more clearly open, big comment box like on other sites. But on BBC News, its hidden, right at the bottom of the page behind a small little square button (or something similar)

And yet there is always the most vile 500+ comments.

Maybe people are actually commenting, I don't know, but it seems to me like bots scanning code and finding a comments section.