"Only Labour can stop Reform. And listen, stopping them by taking third place and haemorrhaging half your support from a general election that took place 19 months ago in an area where you haven't lost an election for almost 100 years is definitely an intriguing way to do it."
"Your candidate LOST THEIR DEPOSIT. Your candidate pulled in the worst ever English byelection result in Conservative party history. This is a bit like the German military surfacing the morning after Operation Bagration in 1944, surveying the wreckage of the eastern front and declaring: Lads, we've got this."
"British politics now has no centre, like a Mobius strip or Earth's worst city (Los Angeles). The Green leader, Zack Polanski, announced on Friday morning that this victory could transform the face of UK politics."
British politics is experiencing fundamental realignment following recent byelection results. Labour claims to be the only force stopping Reform despite finishing third and losing half its support from the previous general election in an area it has dominated for nearly a century. The Conservatives, despite their candidate losing their deposit in the worst English byelection result in party history, insist they remain the experienced choice for economic strength. The Greens achieved an unexpected victory, with their leader declaring it could transform UK politics. The traditional centre ground of British politics has effectively disappeared, leaving major parties making increasingly disconnected claims about electoral success and political viability.
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