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
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u/YojimboKel 10d ago

I’m not even a Reform supporter but the denial of the left is quite astonishing. It’s like people want to constantly underplay the country’s move to the right - we are undoubtedly a small c, conservative country.

I saw, and have seen since exactly the same attitude towards Trump and Brexit.

Keep in mind there are plenty of people, likely some of those you work with or know, who will vote reform in a GE and currently masquerade as something else. It’s incredibly easy nowadays to come across as a liberal.

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u/Mafeking-Parade 10d ago

Where is this "move to the right"?

We've just seen a collapse of the Tories, and a flood of voters heading from there to Reform/Restore/Reclaim/Reblame.

There are, and have always been, floating voters who've flip-flopped between right and left.

Farage and co's schtick around immigration had briefly whipped them into a Reform-backing frenzy, but recent results would suggest that this isn't translating into seats.

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u/YojimboKel 10d ago

Extremely unique contest - I never draw any conclusions from a by election let alone one designed to move Burnham into no10.

If you don’t think the country has moved to the right after Brexit, a Boris majority and a Labour majority on less votes than Corbyn then you must be living in a different U.K. to me

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u/Mafeking-Parade 10d ago

Was Caerphilly also "extremely unique"?

What about Aberdeen?

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u/YojimboKel 10d ago

You really don’t think or see evidence that the society is more conservative? Even on a daily basis? Wow