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Labour unveils candidate for Gorton and Denton by-election as party attempts to avoid defeat

Selection of relatively unknown candidate comes days after Burnham was denied permission to stand

The Independent UK

How the right won the internet

In the second part of our series on digital politics, we look at how online provocateurs have advanced extreme political ideas – and watched them seep into the mainstream, says digital media academic Robert Topinka

The Guardian - UK

Labour urges Reform by-election candidate to reject Tommy Robinson’s backing

Labour Party chair Anna Turley wrote to Matt Goodwin urging him to make clear whether he will welcome the activist’s backing.

Evening Standard

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‘It’s about ego’: Matt Goodwin’s journey from far-right expert to firebrand Reform candidate

Anti-immigration activist is contesting poll in borough where he previously researched far-right extremism

The Guardian - UK

Labour accuses Reform candidate of ‘toxic politics’ after Tommy Robinson endorsement

Far-right activist tells X followers to vote for Reform’s Gorton and Denton candidate, Matthew Goodwin

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs ‘reluctant to campaign in by-election’ as Reform and Greens threaten to snatch seat

‘We would have won with Andy Burnham, but I know activists from my constituency don’t exactly feel inspired to go and campaign there now,’ says one Labour MP

The Independent UK

Gorton and Denton byelection: Labour won comfortably in 2024 but Reform could benefit from a split vote on the left

A byelection has been set for February 26 in the Manchester constituency of Gorton and Denton. This will be a big test for Keir Starmer’s Labour party and a temperature check on the state of multi-party politics in the North. Although Labour won the seat comfortably in 2024, some early…

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Greens unveil Gorton and Denton candidate with ‘stop Reform’ message

Councillor Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old plumber, was announced as the Green candidate.

Evening Standard

Farage hits campaign trail in by-election

Voters will go to the polls next month in Gorton and Denton.

Evening Standard

We have entered a new age of political rhetoric – and that’s bad news for Keir Starmer

Pre-2008, voters with prosperous and improving lives didn’t mind being excluded from the conversation. Those days are over, writes Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK enlists Boris Johnson ally to write party nature policies

Exclusive: Ben Goldsmith will work on issues including fishing and green belt preservation to attract green Tories

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage meets UAE ministers and drums up donations on Dubai trip

Reform UK leader speaks at GB News event also attended by industry minister on second UAE visit in two months

The Guardian - UK

Farage attack on high street Turkish barber shops is dog-whistle racism, minister says

Miatta Fahnbulleh accuses Reform leader of ‘politics of grievance’ while having no plan to fix UK high streets

The Guardian - UK

The Polanski effect? These charts reveal how much the Greens have advanced

The Green party has made gains under its leader – but there is also uncertainty ahead

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How America’s Abortion Wars Are Creeping Into British Women’s Healthcare

American anti-abortion money, messaging and legal tactics are crossing the Atlantic — putting UK women’s healthcare and bodily autonomy at risk.

The Independent UK

Badenoch mocks Jenrick and Braverman as she tries to get Tories back on track after Reform defections

Kemi Badenoch delivers speech denouncing Westminster ‘psychodrama’ as she fights to rescue her party

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham can become a Labour MP – but not until 2028, Starmer suggests

Greater Manchester mayor, who the prime minister blocked from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election, due to finish his term in three years

The Guardian - UK

‘You’d be ashamed to bring someone here’: The struggling billionaire-owned high street that shows Reform’s road to No 10

Newton Aycliffe was meant to be a model town for a fairer postwar Britain. But unaffordable rents on a high street amounting to 0.12% of its property tycoon owner’s holdings have made it a symbol of decline – and a warning for Labour

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Evening Standard

Badenoch to hit out at Labour and Reform ‘psychodrama’ in speech

The Tory leader also appears to have a message for Tory moderates, who she tells to ‘move on’ from the past.

International Business Times UK

Nigel Farage Unveils 'America First' Style Agenda to Protect Veterans Over Illegal Migrants

Nigel Farage adopts 'America First' tactics to push Reform UK's agenda of prioritising veterans and British citizens over illegal migrants, with the party now boasting over 270,000 members following Suella Braverman's shocking defection from the Conservative Party.

The Independent UK

Will Labour lose Gorton and Denton by-election after Burnham snub and who is most likely to win?

Recent polling in the northern constituency puts Nigel Farage’s party ahead

The Independent UK

Matt Goodwin: GB News presenter who ate page of his book after wrong election prediction unveiled as Reform candidate

Reform UK announce candidate in highly anticipated Gorton and Denton by-election

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘It’s chaos’: Readers on Labour infighting, Tory defections and Britain’s broken political system

YOUR VIEWS: Our community sees the Burnham by-election row and Suella Braverman’s defection as the latest symptoms of Britain’s broken politics, warning that Labour is increasingly mirroring the Conservatives it once opposed

Evening Standard

Tories were wrong to refer to Braverman’s mental health, says shadow minister

It came as the MP defected to Reform UK on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

The Burnham fiasco shows that the right of the Labour party would rather see it burn than lose control

Starmer’s drones see themselves as characters in The West Wing, full of machiavellian skullduggery but with none of the idealism. No wonder Labour is running out of road, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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