Zack Polanski calls out Labour ‘panic’ in Gorton & Denton

According to a new poll, Labour are on track to come third in the Gorton & Denton by-election. While you can never put too much stock in one poll, it’s far from the only sign that Labour are doing badly. Green Party leader Zack Polanski has now drawn attention to the Labour Party’s “panic”:

Zack Polanski’s Greens are favourites

The poll in question is this one from Omnisis:

There are important things to consider about the poll. The first is that the sample size was only 452 people, which is less than half of what’s considered to be ideal (1,000 people). As noted above, the results also leave out undecided voters, with the New Statesman’s Megan Kenyon noting:

Zack Polanski has taken the poll very well, anyway, which is obviously how any good politician should respond to positive news:

Labour’s Lucy Powell, meanwhile, said this:

There are a few problems for Labour, of course.

The first is that bookies have not looked favourably at Labour’s chances.

The second is doorstep polling from Reform and the Greens has put Labour in third place.

The third is that it’s just very difficult to believe Labour are doing well right now, because the party is embroiled in a never ending stream of paedophile and sex pest scandals, including:

It’s also the case that Powell literally begged the Greens to stand down in an open letter, which is never a sign that things are going well.

It’s not looking good

Of course, Starmer’s lack of popularity is no guarantee Labour will lose. Britain didn’t particularly care for the Tories, yet people kept voting them back in, because they felt like it was in their best interests.

What we’ve seen in recent years, however, is that voters no longer feel like the only options are ‘Labour’ or ‘Conservative’. And if either the Greens or Reform take Gorton & Denton, that will be more true than ever.

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