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Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election with Labour pushed into third by Reform (www.bbc.com)
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[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You posted a YouTube video from some rando account suggesting that it was posted by the newly-elected MP, and then copy/pasted some other rando's lie-ridden opinion. Everything you've shared here is at best irrelevant, and at worst misinformation.

I get that you're sad that Reform lost, but they're the wrong path for this country. Maybe one day you'll understand that. The Greens ran on a platform of hope and community over division and fear and I'm absolutely thrilled that they beat Reform so bad. It renews my faith in humanity that we can make good choices in the face of divisive, hateful demagogues and that's just awesome.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

That guy is pro israel. He knows what he is doing

[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Well he used the word "antisemitic" to describe a party led by a Jew, so that was my first hint ;-)

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 8 points 2 days ago

The user is a moderator of worldnews on one of the major fediverse servers. That should tell you everything you need to know

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

The YouTube video is a real Green Party campaign video, here's the Bengali version of it. Obviously it's just racist fear-mongering though, putting out political messaging in non-English languages like Urdu and Bengali is fairly normal.

[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah I realised that after watching the TLDR News coverage. I hadn't seen the video myself obviously 'cause I don't watch TV and don't speak Urdu ;-) It was the fact that it felt like racist fear-mongering that made me jump to conclusions. Like, seriously, as a politician, you go to where the people are. If a large portion of your electorate speak a different language, you'd better figure out how to talk to them.

[-] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

That's some mega centrist/starmerite cope. Their dishonesty and dirty tactics have failed in G&D.

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