Reform wins Runcorn byelection by just six votes in blow to Labour
Reform wins Runcorn byelection by just six votes in blow to Labour
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Reform wins Runcorn byelection by just six votes in blow to Labour
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"My vote doesn't matter" people, where you at?
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Have Labour improved people’s lives after 1 year of power? They need to earn votes, not expect them
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Starmer didn't even visit the constituency in the run up. However Labour's biggest issue here is that the previous MP was sacked after he got into a fight while drunk one night and was convicted of assault, which was the whole reason there was a byelection. So it was kind of a coin flip on whether anything they could have tried would have made the situation better, and it easily could have backfired.
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I hope this isn't a sign of things to come
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I think it’s uncertain for now. A majority of 6 votes is still a win but it’s also an incredibly unconfident win.
Runcorn is supposed to be the kind of place Reform keep being tipped to sweep but even in a byelection they’ve only managed a win by a hair’s breadth.
Reform seem to have a lot more work to do to win over voters to reliably take seats at a general election.
Of course, there’s still 4+ plus years for Labour to lose more voters also.
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Reform have a big problem and that problem is that all of the undecided voters see them as basically extremists (to a greater or lesser extent), and Farage knows this which is why he is trying to distance himself from the likes Tommy Robson. The problem is that the party in general don't seem to be behind that idea. They really like being unapologetically right-wing fanatics, especially Anderson who has probably worked out that if he fails here he's finished in politics, and they really don't care about anything else, even if it limits the growth of the party.
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We can't help but follow Americans culturally. To the bottom we go my friend :D
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You just saw us repudiate Trump in Canada. Did you need an illustrated pamphlet or other visual aides or something? How was this a challenge?
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Canada's recent election also had a handful of ridings won by just a handful of people. I hope everyone that can does vote.
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6 votes is an incredible margin. Just shows that every vote matters.