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As Another Brick Is Laid in the Green Wall, a New ‘Silent Majority’ Emerges
Hannah Spencer’s recent win in the Gorton and Denton by-election – following last year’s Plaid Cymru victory in Caerphilly – shows voters are thinking seriously about who can take on the threat from Nigel Farage, writes Adam Bienkov
Photo: Andy Kelvin/PA
‘We’re building a Green wall,”
a senior source in Zack Polanski’s party told Byline Times at the start of this year, predicting it would soon “reach a crossover” with Labour in the polls.
Two months on and it has laid the first brick of that wall by winning the recent Gorton and Denton by-election.
The contest, which began with Labour claiming that it would be a “straight fight” between it and Reform UK, ended with Keir Starmer’s party – which won the seat with a 13,400 majority in 2024 – in third place instead.
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