Zooming out again on how big this is the insurgent parties came first and second and got 69.4(!)% of the vote between them, the two traditional main parties got just 27.3%. Politics has fragmented & the parties that promise the greatest change from the status quo are benefitting
Labour’s membership want Proportional Representation, but Starmer says no. He’s happy for them to knock on doors and deliver leaflets, but is dismissive of their grassroots thinking. PR would give members and voters, the voice that Starmer just doesn’t want to hear! Know your place!
Biggest learning to take away from the by-election by far.
Everything that is wrong with First Past the Post is on show in Gorton & Denton. It's time for a change.
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"We will not defeat poisonous, exclusionary movements by ostracising their voters; we will defeat them by building a politics that listens, represents, and dilutes the incentives for hate."
@elliechowns.bsky.social for @bestforbritain.org on how a fair voting system can help protect UK democracy 👇
Did I ever get punished for my parents beliefs? Try going to Maggie Thatcher's old school and one of your parents was a trade union organiser. @mrjamesob.bsky.social
We need to change our voting system. Not to keep anyone out, but for the public who are fed up with their votes not counting.
They are right - And any National Commission should be given a rapid timetable to come to a conclusion because the arguments have been obvious for years. Decades.
‘Representation of the People’ without Proportional representation is a joke. And not a funny one 😤
Let us at least have the ‘National Commission’ looking into upgrading our election system.
#ElectionBill
Does this whole 'ming vase' thing work for anyone under 50?
Interesting how co- chiefs are nearly always women. More men should share power.
Parallel giant slalom is my new fave. #milanocortina2026
Hiroto smiling even though he crashed out. And that's why I love the Olympics
If you're not watching this Big Air final you're missing out. #MilanoCortina2026
Really love the multi destination #openingceremony #milanCortina2026
Those Czechia outfits are something else #MilanoCortina2026
The Olympics always fills me with hope and joy. Global unity and the passion to be the best we can be #MilanoCortina2026
So high fashion #MilanoCortina2026
Cute cameo by Valentino Rossi, a family fave due to his amazing motorcycling #OpeningCeremony #MilanoCortina2026
Soz Mariah but that was a damp squib #OpeningCeremony #MilanoCortina2026
Someone needs to get into the sound engineer. Poor Mariah #MilanoCortina2026
Delightfully bonkers as all #OpeningCeremony should be #MilanoCortina2026
I already love everything about this #MilanoCortina2026 #OpeningCeremony
If only I'd been born into the kind of family that could afford skiing. I'm pretty sure I'd have been ace at it #MilanoCortina26
EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton.
The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.
I already love this Winter Olympics. Venues across the beautiful Country that is Italy. #MilanoCortina26
Once again, bravo to Ali, Bridget and Alison.
This man talking at James O'Brien on @lbc.co.uk is so arrogant he might get his own show on GBeebies
Keir Starmer has said Nigel Farage was wrong about Brexit and said the "botched deal" created by the previous government "has caused damage to our economy"
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Charity shops are not there to source cheap items to resell. They are about making money for their orgs. Reselling is the problem.
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