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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago
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The Guardian view on Gorton and Denton: a warning shot across Labour's bows | Editorial

The Greens won Gorton and Denton with a 20-point swing from Labour, capturing a seat held by Labour since 1906, signaling broad anti-government sentiment and potential coalition fracturing for Labour.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
10 hours ago
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Green Party wins UK by-election in blow to Labour, PM Starmer

Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer won a parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton, a traditional Labour stronghold, with 40.7% of the vote, signaling a fracturing of UK two-party politics and Labour's decline.
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3 months ago

The Danish model' is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn't even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde

The 21st century has so far seen two simultaneous electoral developments in western Europe: the decline of social-democratic parties and the rise of far-right parties. This has created the powerful narrative that social democrats are losing votes to the far right, in particular because of their (alleged) pro-immigration positions. And although research shows that their voters mainly moved to centre-right and green parties, social-democratic parties have been chasing this mythical left behind voter ever since.
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