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   Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 03-May-2025 22:11:03 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

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   • Cheryl Morgan

   Here's a great analysis of the Runcorn by-election from @CherylMorgan which seeks to correct various misapprehensions about why Reform won, whose votes they gained, and why Labour (and the media) are drawing the wrong conclusions.

   And its admirably concise for a busy Saturday morning.

   #politics #runcorn

   h/t @Naich

   https://www.cheryl-morgan.com/lies-damned-lies-and-the-british-press/

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     Cheryl Morgan (cherylmorgan@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-May-2025 22:11:01 JST Cheryl Morgan

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     @JugglingWithEggs @ChrisMayLA6 @Naich I think apathy is the wrong word. People do care, but they put a lot of effort into getting rid of the Tories last year, and that effort has been utterly betrayed by Starmer. It is no wonder that people see no point in voting.

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     @ChrisMayLA6 @CherylMorgan @Naich

     ‘The rise in the #Reform vote can be almost entirely explained by people deserting the #Tories for Reform. The number of people voting #Green has gone down slightly, not up. The major story seems to be people deserting Labour in droves, but choosing not to transfer their vote to any left-leaning party.’

     Left leaning folks are not voting…it’s apathy that Labour needs to counter, not engage in a rightwing race to bottom.

     Minoru Saba repeated this.