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Nigel Farage has warned that the Gorton and Denton by-election is “a victory for sectarian voting and fraud”. Labor has been pushed into third place, its former stronghold, behind Zack Polanski’s party and Reform UK.
Reform leader Mr Farage rued in a post on
The Greens have faced accusations of sectarian politics by sharing campaign material in languages such as Urdu and Bengali urging voters to “punish” Labor over Gaza.
A video shows Sir Keir Starmer shaking hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and David Lammy, who are unpopular in Pakistan, and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
Election watchdog group Volunteers for Democracy warned they were witnessing “worryingly high levels” of family voting; This is an illegal practice in which two voters use a voting booth and potentially manipulate each other into voting.
Reform candidate Matt Goodwin said: “We are losing our country. A dangerous Muslim sectarianism has emerged.
“We only have one general election left to save England. Vote Reform at every opportunity.
“I will continue to fight. I will always fight for you. I will also be in the next general election. Matt.”
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New Green MP Hannah Spencer rejected accusations of sectarianism in an interview after her win.
He told the BBC: “I think we all know what it feels like to be left out of a system that wasn’t designed for us and I will always go out of my way to include people who have difficulty accessing things.
“And I’m really proud that we’re different and we’ve shown people that if they’re let down by other politicians, we’ll try to reach them.”
Asked why the photo of Sir Keir and Mr Modi was used, he added: “I was out every day talking to people, listening to people, and when people couldn’t access information in the way other people could, we tried to provide literature and information in the language they spoke, and I’m really proud that we did that.”
