Hmmm.... I think we can safely say Labour are rattled by the surge in support for the Green Party of England & Wales.
They have accused the GPEW of 'cowardice' for not parachuting in Zak Polanski as candidate & rather choosing (although they don't say this) a popular local resident (who lives just outside the constituency).
A classic case of judging your opponent by your own (warped) standards.
#politics #GortonAndDenton
h/t Observer
@ChrisMayLA6 I assume that the #Starmtroopers calculated they had a binary choice between two packages of outcomes:
A/ hold the GM mayoralty, lose Gorton, block #Burnham's coup
B/ lose the GM mayoralty, hold Gorton, get defenestrated by #Burnham.
Not being keen on defenestration, they chose package A. So they have selected a corporate lobbyist as #GortonAndDenton candidate to be eaten alive, but they keep their jobs in #Number10 for a bit longer.
@2legged @ChrisMayLA6
Against the combined forces of the mad Right, daft Lefter, and Green, holding Gorton looked less than certain in any version.
One has to look back through rather a lot of Prime Ministers to find a better one than we have now (who would you nominate?) so I suggest hanging on to this one for now.
(I think Parliament would be improved by a handful of Greens, wherever they are sent from)
@Photo55 Do you really think that a deeply loathed, persistent liar with no discernable political skills or political values (other than contempt for liberty) is somehow worth holding onto?
Really?
Given McNab's profile notes, and address which is not within the UK, the above diatribe looks like agitprop aimed aga8nst the UK, not anything resembling fact-based commentary.
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