Returning to the implications of the Green Party of England & Wales winning the Gorton & Denton by-election, @sjwrenlewis offers an interesting (but also perhaps worrying) analysis of what this means for the necessary tactical voting to defeat the Right in at the next general election.

You may agree or disagree with his analysis of voters' intent, but its a usefully pragmatic analysis of the prospects for the progressive left.

#TacticalVoting #politics #Greens #FPTP
https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/03/why-gorton-and-denton-is-still-good.html

Returning to the implications of the Green Party of England & Wales winning the Gorton & Denton by-election, @sjwrenlewis offers an interesting (but also perhaps worrying) analysis of what this means for the necessary tactical voting to defeat the Right in at the next general election.

You may agree or disagree with his analysis of voters' intent, but its a usefully pragmatic analysis of the prospects for the progressive left.

#TacticalVoting #politics #Greens #FPTP
https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/03/why-gorton-and-denton-is-still-good.html

Apologies, I was not going to post anymore on Thursday's by-election.... but I've just read this comment by an un-named Labour ministersin the FT:

'A Green victory is easily the worst outcome'....

NO!!!!: a ReformUK Ltd win would have been the worst outcome... the very idea that Labour could see Hannah Spencer's victory as worse than Matthew Goodwin & Reform winning pretty much sums up the problem with the Labour Party!

#politics #Greens #GortonAnd Denton

@ChrisMayLA6 they're not going to change, we just need to move on without Labour.

#Labour #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Greens #GPEW

Apologies, I was not going to post anymore on Thursday's by-election.... but I've just read this comment by an un-named Labour ministersin the FT:

'A Green victory is easily the worst outcome'....

NO!!!!: a ReformUK Ltd win would have been the worst outcome... the very idea that Labour could see Hannah Spencer's victory as worse than Matthew Goodwin & Reform winning pretty much sums up the problem with the Labour Party!

#politics #Greens #GortonAnd Denton

I'll give the last word today on the Gorton & Denton by-election & its implications to Ben Ansell (UOxford).

The combination of Zac Polanski's reshaping of the Green Party of England & Wales' rhetoric & positioning, and the Labour Party's abandonment of the Left have opened up a space which may be a lot larger than many commentators think, for the Greens to walk into!

#politics #Greens #Labour

For those of you would like to read Hannah Spencer's *entire* address to the Press Conference after her win in the Gorton & Denton by-election (rather than badly recorded edited high-lights as seen on the news), here is the transcript.

#HannahSpencer #Greens #politics

https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/27/hannah-spencer-delivers-stirring-speech-at-first-press-conference/

As this weekend's post-mortems of the Gorton & Denton by-election get under way its worth making the key point that I'm sure will be made anyway:

Its not so much that Labour voters have abandoned the Labour Party, but more the Labour Party has been abandoning its Left voters for years;

the lesson of Thursday is taking the Leftish for granted only works when there is no Left alternative.

If Thursday changed anything, it made that much, much clearer!

#GortonAndDenton #politics #Greens #Labour

Message to all media commentators:

If you're now saying, 'well, of course, the Greens policies will now be subject to some proper scrutiny'.... let me suggest you subject Reform UK Ltd to the same rigorous scrutiny, not keep giving them a free pass on their various (and objectionable) policy stances!

But, lets be clear, attacking the Green Party of England & Wales while waving Reform UK Ltd through scrutiny, actually plays to the Greens' analysis of politics.

#politics #Greens

One senior Labour strategist said they were aghast at his media clips. “People turn out against us in droves and they are extremist? I do not think anyone believes that the Greens are extremists.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-mps-demand-starmer-change-direction-after-humiliating-byelection-loss #starmer #greens

One senior Labour strategist said they were aghast at his media clips. “People turn out against us in droves and they are extremist? I do not think anyone believes that the Greens are extremists.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-mps-demand-starmer-change-direction-after-humiliating-byelection-loss #starmer #greens

Message to all media commentators:

If you're now saying, 'well, of course, the Greens policies will now be subject to some proper scrutiny'.... let me suggest you subject Reform UK Ltd to the same rigorous scrutiny, not keep giving them a free pass on their various (and objectionable) policy stances!

But, lets be clear, attacking the Green Party of England & Wales while waving Reform UK Ltd through scrutiny, actually plays to the Greens' analysis of politics.

#politics #Greens

Labour’s worst fears realised by Greens’ victory in Gorton and Denton byelection - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-worst-fears-realised-greens-victory-gorton-denton-byelection "Result shows progressive voters they have an alternative to Labour against Reform UK, and reveals task ahead for Starmer" this is the key #greens

Wow! This is one hell of a victory speech! Hannah Spence is going to be a real star.

#UKPol
#Greens
#HannahSpence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf7wVpDEvho

Labour’s worst fears realised by Greens’ victory in Gorton and Denton byelection - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-worst-fears-realised-greens-victory-gorton-denton-byelection "Result shows progressive voters they have an alternative to Labour against Reform UK, and reveals task ahead for Starmer" this is the key #greens

Nobody wants #Labour to be #Tory or #Reform Lite.

The Labour Party that supported working people, women, disabled and ethnic minorities has been lost to the cynically named centre right cult of #LabourTogether…and don’t think just because Morgan McSweeney has gone its been swept away.

It lives on in key Cabinet figures such as Steve Reed, Shabana Mahmood, Lisa Nandy and Wes Streeting…and even in Starmer himself, in as much as much as he aligns with any ideology.

It’s a gift to #Greens.

After the win in Gorton & Denton, the Greens' narrative will (rightly) be that they are in the ascendance & people thinking of voting for them should not be concerned its a 'wasted vote'.

Labour will be trying to maintain by-elections are always anomalous & should be ignored or at least discounted, which in this case may be mistaken?

ReformUK Ltd are already telling a story of conspiracy & voter manipulation.... which is right out of the Trump playbook.

#GortonAndDenton #Politics #Greens

I've woken up to find that the Green Party of England & Wales (with Hannah Spencer as their candidate) have won the Gorton & Denton pretty comfortably, beating ReformUK Ltd and pushing Labour into third place.

It really was (as indicated beforehand) a three way contest, with both Tory's & LibDems picking up a very small % of the vote.

#GortonAndDenton #Greens #politics