UK By-elections thread, 2021-

[Devout Centrist]

George Galloway appears to be the first left-wing leader in Great Britain since Tony Blair to figure out to simultaneously appeal to both "working-class whites" (there's probably a million generic terms for this group) and non-white/non-Christian immigrants/minorities, but that's not a conversation we're ready to have.

This is, by far, the worst take I’ve seen on British politics in years. Well done.

[Devout Centrist]

It’s interesting how many people on Twitter who are interested in Twitter have shown that they’ve never ran a committee room or vote count (even in fantasyland type places!) as there’s a constant belief that each party automatically starts the election (whether a by election or a general) with all the voters they had in the last - people were claiming labour only got 107 new votes in Wellingborough!

But it’s rubbish- voters obviously move, die, change their views, or don’t bother voting. It’s so strange how many people who claim to follow politics don’t actually understand one of the most fundamental parts of it

Not just random people too, the head of *Ipsos* was claiming that! Absolutely mental.

https://twitter.com/benatipsos/status/1758373305642291356