It was also a *very low* turnout, at only 44%, due to Tory & SNP voters not showing up. Labour took the seat from the SNP "unexpectedly" because *their normal vote turned out*. - ThreadSky

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bpsmithuk.bsky.social • 9 days ago

It was also a *very low* turnout, at only 44%, due to Tory & SNP voters not showing up.
Labour took the seat from the SNP "unexpectedly" because *their normal vote turned out*.

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cathiell.bsky.social•9 days ago

44 not particularly low for a by election

bpsmithuk.bsky.social•9 days ago

It isn't a resounding vote of confidence for Reform, as was claimed though - is it?

By-Elections won by LibDems over the years have had 70+% turnouts.
Your comment sounds more like sour grapes, to me.

anneroberts54.bsky.social•9 days ago

Earlier on my OH was listening to a report on BBC News 🤮 about their having a new chair. Minor issue, and I doubt they'd have brought on the party leader if it had been a different party. But of course they had to bring on Farage to get his reaction. More airtime - BBC are now another GB News.

bpsmithuk.bsky.social•9 days ago

It does seem ridiculously unbalanced.
I dont remember the Greens, for example, getting the same coverage for their change of leadership.

anneroberts54.bsky.social•9 days ago

That's the very point I was trying to make. BBC News will bend over backwards to give Farage airtime - which is rarely afforded to any other party. They're now disgracing themselves, proudly announcing that they'll try "to earn the trust of Reform voters". That's got to be outwith their remit?

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