Makerfield doubts

[King Billy]

He’s blamed the anti Starmmer vote. How Re form voters thought that would return their candidate is a mystery. Angry with a Labor PM?, vote for another Labor candidate.

They must be very confident of Andy winning a PM contest.

 

[King Billy]

It needs a recount.

How would you know you can't distinguish betweem 1 %, 10% and 100%.

 

[festive]

Maybe the electorate aren't as racist as the deform/destroy parties would have you believe?

Now n again i agree with you, then you revert back to idiocy troll level blah, i can only assume you are a teenager or there abouts, which would make more sense.

That aside, talking to some of my contacts up in that area, what made me chuckle was a similar message from the local campaigners who were clinking a glass or two after the results joking how the locals snapped up the 'Manchester taking control over London' line. I see why, bless them they believe Andy will ensure Makerfield will be transformed soon lolz.

 

[IT Minion]

Every poll leading up to yesterday's election had it too close to call. At the very least, the combination of Restore and Reform votes beat Labour.

2026 Makerfield by-election - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

None of the polls had it too close to call, all had a sizable labour lead.

 

[King Billy]

That aside, talking to some of my contacts up in that area, what made me chuckle was a similar message from the local campaigners who were clinking a glass or two after the results joking how the locals snapped up the 'Manchester taking control over London' line. I see why, bless them they believe Andy will ensure Makerfield will be transformed soon lolz.

Who happened to have been local campaigners, or in the inner circle that they were invited to a celebratory drink.

 

[noseall]

Every poll leading up to yesterday's election had it too close to call

lol. Only in your dreams.

 

[morqthana]

Now n again i agree with you, then you revert back to idiocy troll level blah,

So is that the way it works here - there are two classes of opinions;

1) Those you agree with

2) Those which are idiocy/trolling

?

But FYI, re what ellal was alluding to, people don't always do what they tell pollsters they will: https://www.bing.com/search?pc=MOZR&form=MOZLBR&q=opinion+poll+shyness

 

[SPLINE]

I cannot understand why anybody would still vote Labour given what has happened in the last 30 years.

The people of Makerfield have voted for their own replacement. Maybe they never go outside of Makerfield so don't know what is happening in nearby Manchester and Lancashire. There are relatively few ethnic minorities and dole-drawers there (Makerfield) so who actually voted for Burnham? I suspect it is the mass media effect, screens were awash with Burnham propaganda, and the national campaign promoting him as the 'get Kier out' campaign. The good people of Makerfield have been conned into voting for another communist. No different from Starmer, just a bit younger.

 

[Trazor]

The people of Makerfield, have voted for a career politician.
Who will stay in Makerfield, and give 100% effort in looking after their interests.....

 

[SPLINE]

There were 17 other elections held on Thursday, as well as Makerfield. Reform did the best in these, Makerfield being an anomaly due to the mass media promotion of Burnham. Reform / Restore are on track for power in 2029 if not sooner.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

The population in Makerfield hasn't been culturally enriched by immigration very much (yet). So they aren't yet seeing the effects of open-border policies.

But they didn't vote for Labour or Andy Burnham anyway, they voted to get rid of Starmer. They couldn't get rid of the Labour govt for a few more years, but they had the opportunity to change the leader, for someone they hope is less terrible. They'll probably be disappointed.