The Tories were at an away day while voters went to the polls in Gorton & Denton. Meanwhile their candidate, former police officer Charlotte Cadden, took to social media to thank Tory volunteers just as polling closed yesterday:
“And what a campaign we’ve run! I think it’s fair to say we’ve put the Conservatives back on the map in Gorton & Denton! So much love for Kemi Badenoch on the doorstep! Residents are regularly tuning in to PMQs to watch Kemi force Labour into u-turn after u-turn! We all know she is the only credible leader! Thanks again for all your support!”
The Tories lost their deposit…
Badenoch has released a lengthy statement on the by-election result attacking the three main players there:
“Our country is not broken, but this by-election showed that Labour, Reform and the Greens are trying very hard to break it. Labour trying to buy people off with more and more benefits spending. Reform telling people you can’t be British if you aren’t white. The Greens running a nasty, sectarian campaign while simultaneously wanting to legalise crack-cocaine.
Clearly this election was not about who would be the best MP. But there was only one sensible candidate standing in Gorton and Denton, and it was Charlotte Cadden – a former Deputy Chief Inspector, a mother, a woman who fought for single sex spaces and dignity for women and girls. While the other parties race to the bottom, Charlotte embodies the new Conservative Party.
This result shows Keir Starmer’s premiership is finished. He lost authority a long time ago, a mere hostage at the mercy of a divided Labour Party that cannot decide who to replace him with. He has lost the support of his voters, his MPs and the country. He is in office but not in power. If he had any integrity he would go.”
That candidate got just a bit more than double the votes of Sir Oink-a-Lot…
Asked about warnings of a civil war in an interview with The House, Reform MP Danny Kruger said:
“Yeah. The only chance of unity for our country is Reform. If we don’t win, or if we win and then make a mess of it, I do fear for our country.”