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- 🚨 BREAKING: According to YouGov, the Green Party are polling at 17%, up one point compared to late January. Zack Polanski's Greens are 2 points behind Labour, compared to a 5-point gap in late January. 📈
- UK, NEW: Hannah Spencer has been selected as the Greens candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election. Hannah won with 78% of the vote, beating Fesl Raza-Khan and Sarah Wakefield.
- We have seen that the Green candidate has been leaked for the Gorton & Denton by-election, before it was supposed to be. We will release this tomorrow when the announcement will be made as we respect embargoes.
- With the Greens selecting their Gorton and Denton candidate tomorrow, here are the bookies' odds. Reform: 6/4 Greens: 6/4 Labour: 7/2 WPB: 66/1 Con: 500/1 Lib Dems: 500/1
- 🗳️ NEW POLL | Greens climb to 2nd place and would become the official opposition REF: 29% (-3) GRN: 19% (+2) LAB: 17% (+3) CON: 17% (-1) LIB: 11% (-) Chgs with 21 Jan Seats --- 🟢 GRN: 67 (+) Based on @findoutnow.bsky.social poll, 28 Jan (using Electoral Calculus predictor)
- 🚨 On aggregate, the Scottish Greens are approaching 10% in the polls for the next Holyrood election later this year, incredibly close to overtaking the Scottish Tories and the Scottish Lib Dems. 📈 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
- 🚨 Two candidates are in the running for the Greens in the Gorton and Denton race. Hannah Spencer, borough councillor Fesl Reza-Khan, Co-Chair of Muslim Greens Results out at 11am tomorrow
- @timreadgreens.bsky.social, Green Victoria (state) MP for Brunswick will stand down at the next state election after being diagnosed with cancer. Elected in 2018, he has fought for renters, better cycling infrastructure more affordable housing and much more. We wish Tim a speedy recovery.
- Jamie Driscoll set to return to front line politics in his old seat in Newcastle as a Green at May’s local elections. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
- 🚨 BREAKING: Dublin City councillor Hazel Chu has been elected Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ireland
- 100 days until the UK local elections 💚
- 🚨 @zackpolanski.bsky.social has launched the Greens Gorton and Denton by-election campaign. Here we go! 💚
- 🚨Greens will select their candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election this week, with an announcement expected on Thursday 29 or Friday 30 January.
- Independent Councillor joins the Greens. Stephen Ferguson is a Huntingdonshire District Cllr, and will be the second Green in the district. www.huntspost.co.uk/news/2580032...
- It's Greens v Reform.
- Senior Labour figures are conceding the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election. This is the Greens biggest opportunity, and they cannot lose.
- The Muslim Vote UK will endorse the Green Party in the Gorton and Denton by-election.
- 🚨 Confirmed: Zack Polanski will not contest the nomination as Green candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.
- 🚨NEW: According to reports, @MothinAli, the Greens Co-Deputy Leader might put himself forward for the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election. He's currently a councillor in Leeds.
- The bookies have the Greens as favourites in th Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election. William Hill: 11/8 Ladbrokes: 6/4 Star Sports: 6/4 Coral: 6/4 Betfair: 13/8
- NEW: Hannah Spencer has said this to us tonight: “I lived in the constituency where the by-election is being held, & the years I spent there definitely shaped me in to becoming political. Having a Green MP there would be incredible for residents in Gorton & Denton, & for all of Greater Mancheste”.
- NEW: @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social’s crowdfunder for their next MP has reached its target of £2,000. Approx £1,700 has been raised since Burnham was blocked from standing. They haven't even selected a candidate yet. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-elect...
- Members of the Green Party want Hannah Spencer, the former Manchester Mayoral candidate to stand for the Gorton and Denton by-election This was her Insta stories earlier today. We’ve reached out to Hannah to confirm if she intends to stand and be selected, she has not responded as yet.
- 🚨Ladbrokes have the Greens as the favourite to win Gorton and Denton by-election
- @zackpolanski.bsky.social:"it's become obvious that the Greens are the only progressive party able to take on and beat Reform ... we welcome any friends in Labour to support our campaign to keep Reform out ... Let's go!"
- Electoral Calculus has Greens gaining Gorton and Denton from Labour. If this transpires to be the case, it will be the first and biggest by-election th Greens would win. Earthquake incoming? 👀
- NEW: As Labour has blocked Andy Burnham from standing, it would give the Greens the best possible chance of winning the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election.
- NEW: Green Party source on Gorton and Denton by-election: “We’ve been on the doorsteps in Gorton and Denton and the Labour vote has collapsed. It’s between the Greens and Reform. This is game on.”
- 🚨 @scottishgreens.org have rekindled ties with @greenparty.org.uk This is after the Scottish Greens cut ties with the party in England and Wales 2022.
- Head of Elections and Deputy CEO of the Green Party, Chris Williams in Gorton and Denton today campaigning. Looks like the Greens might be throwing everything at the seat.
- As speculation continues to mount that Zack Polanski could stand in the parliamentary by-election, here’s a question for the Greens: If Zack didn't stand in Gorton and Denton, who would you like to stand to beat Reform and Labour? Obvs the local party will decide who the candidate will be.
- They [Labour] need to recognize that polling shows many across the country support Greens' policies. Labour is rightly worried about how many seats the Greens could win in England and Wales in just 106 days.
- They [Labour] need to recognize that polling shows many across the country support Greens' policies. Labour is rightly worried about how many seats the Greens could win in England and Wales in just 106 days.
- If the Greens could win another seat, it could be in the north, and it could be this one. So, the question is, can the Greens win this seat to beat Reform and Labour?
- Labour councillor defects to the Greens in Brighton. Cllr Bruno de Oliveira joins the Green Group on Brighton and Hove City Council - bringing the total to 10. This is the first defection in Brighton since @zackpolanski.bsky.social was elected as Leader last year. @bhgreens.bsky.social
- Green GAIN from Reform as Horsley votes for hope.
- 🚨 The Australian Greens are polling at 11% in regional and rural Australia (5-6 Jan), a +2% swing compared to October/November. (Source: DemosAU via AusPoll 6 News) 📈
- Greens rise to YouGov peak of 17%📈
- The green party of Germany (Alliance 90/The Greens) are polling at 12.38% on average, a 0.78% increase compared to the previous federal election (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
- Exclusive: Third Labour councillor defects to the Green Party in January alone - bringing the total of Labour defections to 19 since Zack became leader in September. Lucy Musk, who represents Haldens ward in Welwyn Hatfield, has joined the Green Party from Labour. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
- Exciting news incoming 👀 Stay tuned at 12pm.
