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The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

Labour must search its conscience if Reform wins Gorton and Denton, says Green leader

Zack Polanski says Labour deliberately splitting left vote as voters head to the polls The polls have opened in the three-way battle for Gorton and Denton in south-east Manchester in one of the most unpredictable byelections in years. The Green party leader Zack Polanski said his party was “neck and neck” with Reform UK to overturn Labour’s 13,000-vote majority, and that Labour will need to “search their conscience” if Reform UK wins.Keir Starmer’s party has targeted left-leaning voters in the G

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The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

What a Gorton byelection win would mean for Reform, Greens and Labour

Polls put seat in three-way dead heat with Labour facing threats from Reform and Green party in once safe seat The Gorton and Denton byelection is the biggest electoral test yet for Keir Starmer before what are expected to be disastrous results for Labour in the May local elections. Polls put the race in a three-way dead heat, making it nearly impossible to call. The vote is particularly symbolic because of the threat Labour faces from Reform UK and the Green party in a once safe seat. Should La

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Green Party Policy Is to Abolish Faith Schools

The Green Party’s aggressive sectarian campaigning in Gorton & Denton is curious considering the party’s very much non-conservative policy on contentious faith issues. E.g. abolishing all faith schools… Their policy on faith schools, uncovered on the members area on the Party’s own website, states that “no publicly-funded school shall be run by a religious organisation.”…

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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

Foreign Office denies minister’s claim the Chagos Islands deal has been paused – UK politics live

Minister told MPs the deal had been been paused, but that was immediately denied by the Foreign Office The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published figures showing that local authorities in England dealt with 1.26m flytipping incidents in 2024/25 – 9% increase on the previous year. And there was an 11% increase in incidents involving a “tipper lorry load” amount of rubbish. There were 52,000 of these, up from 47,000 in 2023/24. Defra said these alone cost councils £19.3m.

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Party Activists Distribute Article on ‘Why You Should Vote Green From an Islamic Perspective’

Green activists are promoting an online article suggesting Muslims should vote for the Green Party to forward the “interests and values” of British Muslims. Labour won’t be happy… A piece on website Islam 21C by ‘jurist’ Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad asks if “Labour really deserve Muslim support” after having “contributed to the hostile environment against…

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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

How is Reform’s charmless candidate still a contender in Gorton and Denton? Ask Labour | George Monbiot

This byelection should have been a stroll for Keir Starmer’s party. Instead, all hope of defeating Matt Goodwin now seems to lie with the Greens Every barb Labour has directed at the Greens can now be returned with interest. “It’s a wasted vote.” “Do you want to see Reform in power?” New polling ahead of the crucial Gorton and Denton byelection this week, while by no means decisive, puts the Greens first on 22%, followed by Reform UK (20%), then Labour (18%), with 31% undecided. But still Keir S

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Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

Newslinks for Wednesday 25th February 2026

Mandelson held to stop him fleeing Britain | Greens plan to hand illegal migrants free house, a wage and NHS care | Brexit reset must go further, urges EU chief The post Newslinks for Wednesday 25th February 2026 appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

Malcom Gooderham: The resistible rise of Green fascism must not be ignored

The Green wave of anti-Israeli activity is a salutary reminder of an uncomfortable political truth, those on the far Left do not see Jews as a minority worthy of their support. Instead they prefer to isolate and even intimidate them. The post Malcom Gooderham: The resistible rise of Green fascism must not be ignored appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics24 Feb 2026

Do the British left’s hopes lie with the Greens, Labour or even Your Party? The answer could be all three | Joe Todd

No single organisation can deliver the change that socialists want. As Nigel Farage has shown, politics has to be ruthlessly tactical For the long-marginalised British left, parliamentary byelections aren’t usually cause for much excitement. But Gorton and Denton is different. Polls, bookmakers and tactical-voting websites name the Greens as the close-run favourites, and thousands of activists have been knocking on doors for “Hannah the plumber”, a popular local councillor and proud owner of fou

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The Guardian Politics24 Feb 2026

I have seen the scale of the mountain Labour has to climb in Gorton and Denton – but also the way it can do it | Polly Toynbee

In focus groups, people are clear they want to stop Farage at all costs. Labour must now reach out to the progressives it has disappointed The great gulf between left and right yawns deeper and wider. One way or another, the Gorton and Denton byelection this week will reveal this profound tribal divide. Those in the progressive bloc – Labour, Lib Dem, Green, SNP, Plaid – are very different kinds of people to the blues, with diametrically opposed attitudes. In more centrist days there was some sh

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BBC Politics15 Feb 2026

Labour face tough fight in Gorton and Denton by-election

Labour is in a tough fight with Reform UK and the Greens in previously safe seat Gorton and Denton.

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