Batley and Spen by-election

[Jeff Robinson]

Honestly just happy to see the Strasserite Galloway humiliated and his Tory friends stumped for once.

 

[Dogsauce]

He’s done the Tories a big favour; Starmer stays put.

At the same time, this and the Chesham one means the Tories don’t get to swagger about like they’re electoral gold, maybe just maybe people are seeing through their bullshit. Although if they look in trouble come election time there will probably be no end of shit done hurriedly out of spite (like what happened with rail privatisation before ‘97)

 

[Loose meat]

Winning a by-election on 13K ...

 

[Loose meat]

Winning a by-election on 13K ...

 

[two sheds]

I'd assume a sizeable sympathy vote for her being Jo Cox's sister.

 

[Dom Traynor]

Winning a by-election on 13K ...

You can say that again.

 

[Loose meat]

I'd assume a sizeable sympathy vote for her being Jo Cox's sister.

More a sympathy abstention, I suspect.

 

[PR1Berske]

This is a bit rough and ready because I'm still waking up haha

 

[Jeff Robinson]

50 votes for Jayda Fransen tho

Irresponsible of her to stand and split the fash vote that could otherwise have gone to Greasy Georgie.

 

[tim]

You might be right but something’s really weird if he’s taken bites from the Tories (though something’s really weird that he gets large number of votes at all).

Why? He's a social conservative.

 

[andysays]

That is my gut feeling, that Galloway acted as a point of discontent probably taking some votes from both parties but overall more potential Con, or at least anti-Lab, voters.

But it is supposition

That my guess ATM. As you say, would be interesting to see some analysis.

But given Galloway's pitch that he was going to win the seat and therefore depose Starmer, would be pretty ironic if he's had the exact opposite effect.

 

[agricola]

Galloway threatening to legally challenge the result / saying banana republic a lot.

 

[two sheds]

Demanding a recount?

 

[agricola]

Demanding a recount?

and various other things:

 

[Dogsauce]

Galloway threatening to legally challenge the result / saying banana republic a lot.

Absurd, he can’t win it, he’s miles behind. Trump levels of delusion.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

An important fallout from this result - one I suspect many pundits will overlook - is that Novara media’s Darren Bacardi will get so angry that the red-brown Putinbot he backed fucked it that he might burst out of one his incredibly tiny black t-shirts, Hulk-style.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Galloway threatening to legally challenge the result / saying banana republic a lot.

It’ll be a banana Nutella republic once the gays and the wokes take over

 

[Dogsauce]

Looks like barely any green vote, that’s generally where the left side of the Labour vote has been haemorrhaging in recent times, how could that have gone to fucking Galloway?

 

[PR1Berske]

Galloway seems to think that a recount has to be granted. As a third party with no chance of winning, the Returning Officer is not obliged to grant that request. Had the Conservatives requested it, then the RO might have done so.

 

[two sheds]

It’ll be a banana Nutella republic once the gays and the wokes take over

A tin-hat banana Nutella republic please

Eta: fuck me he does bang on without saying very much

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[chilango]

A good result imo.

None of the Parties can be truly happy with that.

thumbs

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[cupid_stunt]

I was amused to read elsewhere that GB News was running the overnight repeat of the Wootton show, so half an hour after the result, they were showing his panel of guests all suggesting the Tories would win.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Christ he really is just Donald Trump in a shit hat isn't he?

 

[killer b]

A good result imo.

None of the Parties can be truly happy with that.

thumbs

I dunno about that, reckon Labour will be pretty happy with it.

 

[chilango]

I dunno about that, reckon Labour will be pretty happy with it.

They might be, but they're only fooling themselves if so.

 

[Guineveretoo]

Absurd, he can’t win it, he’s miles behind. Trump levels of delusion.

He doesn’t want to win it. He wants Labour to lose it.