Makerfield By-Election

The UK Labour Party has a new member of parliament, Andy Burnham, the so-called 'King of the North'. Some pundits are saying Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, may step down almost immediately, effectively anointing Burnham as his successor.

Labour has to do something as, right now, Reform UK are eating their lunch. Reform consistently poll as the most popular, leaving Labour fighting over second place with the Conservatives, and both are distant second.

Reform didn't do too badly in the by-election that saw Burnham elected. The Makerfield seat is a Labour stronghold and yet Reform grew their vote from the last time in 2024. They went for the same candidate and he was relentlessly attacked, as you may expect. But, he proved to be quite popular and Burnham's victory was only possible due to the tactical voting carried out. Voters hate Starmer and so many voters of varying stripes simply voted for the candidate they knew could replace him. Consequently, the LibDem and Green vote collapsed. 

I note 'helpful' criticism of Reform coming from right-of-centre sources. They amount to nothing more than those wishing Reform join them in the swamp. Reform must stay the course and keep doing what they're doing, keep standing non-politicians as candidates and stay on message. With the thousands of local authority councillors they now have, they're well positioned to launch into a campaign for a General Election if one is called soon.

Green Breakthrough UK

There appears to be a major political shift taking place in the United Kingdom. The Green Party has won the byelection in the Gorton and Denton electorate, a traditional Labour seat. What's more, Reform UK came second. Labour came a distance third, while the Conservatives didn't even get their deposit back.

Polling across the country has reflected this shift, with the Green Party rising and Reform UK polling the highest. This is different to the 1980's when the newly formed SDP came close to replacing Labour. Now, there are several challenges to Labour's supremacy and the Conservatives are also under pressure from Nigel Farage's Reform, and Rupert Lowe's recently established Restore.

It is about time we saw the old corrupt hegemony deposed. May this trend be repeated worldwide. I realise this comes with risk - be careful what you wish for - but since tyranny has taken hold, we need swift and sweeping change to at least punish those who tried to cancel our freedoms.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer

The Green party has pulled off a landmark victory in the Gorton and Denton byelection in a significant blow to Keir Starmer.

Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green party councillor, was elected as the party’s first MP in northern England after overturning Labour’s 13,000-vote majority.

Labour came third in the tightly contested race, 5,616 votes behind the Greens on 14,980 votes, while Reform UK finished second with 10,578 votes. The result represents a 25.3% drop in Labour’s vote compared to 2024.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats lost their deposits as they won fewer than 5% of the votes, with both under 2%.

Reform UK and Conservatives Lead

The most recent public opinion poll in the UK:

Reform 31%

Conservatives 20%

Greens 18%

Labour (government) 14%

At this rate, if an election was held tomorrow, Reform UK and the Conservatives would likely form a coalition government.

(Pollster: Find Out Now)

UK Labour Now Fourth

How long has Keir Starmer got left? Labour in the UK are now below the Greens in the latest public opinion poll.

Pollster: Find Out Now, sample size 2717, 5-6 Nov., 2025 (government bold)

Reform UK 33%

Greens 18%

Conservatives 16% (Opposition)

Labour 15% (Government)

The top two parties are relatively new, while the bottom two are the old-school established parties. That must be significant.

Major Political Shift UK

How long can UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, hang on? The Greens have now passed the UK Labour Party, and the Conservatives have risen to second behind Reform UK. The Government, Labour, are now in fourth place.

Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney

This should bring down UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer.

Reform UK Hit Record High

The latest poll results in the UK show Reform UK with an 18-point lead over Labour. The government has now slid to second equal with the opposition Conservative Party. 

How much time does Prime Minister Keir Starmer have left? 

https://x.com/FindoutnowUK/status/1968776429849497893

Poll Result UK 2025

Jeremy Corbyn May Yet Have His Day

Jeremy Corbyn is sounding more reasonable by the day. His new party may well supplant the UK Labour party.

Reform UK Hit Big Poll Lead

In the most recent poll, Reform UK now have a 16 point lead over Labour. 

https://findoutnow.co.uk/blog/voting-intention-27th-august-2025

Anytime now and UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer will declare war somewhere, in order to try and restore popularity. He could always stand down or call an election, of course, but either is unlikely to happen.

Source: Find Out Now

Mass Fatality Resilience Capability

I wonder why the UK government is buying mass fatality resilience capability, aka transportable morgues?

Does the UK government have something planned?

Fourth English Civil War?

I disagree with much of what David Betz is saying here, but the critical matter; that Britain is just a spark away from civil war, I do agree with. 

Don't play with matches. In context, leadership is required, not file shuffling jobsworths.

The Perfumo Affair

 What's going on with Sir Keir Starmer?

Local Elections England 2025

Update: We are witnessing a revolution in the UK. Labour could barely get a councillor elected, while the Conservatives lost all their Tory controlled councils. The Liberal Democrats now control three councils, while Reform UK now control ten. There is now a turquoise coloured wall right across the middle of England, providing a launch pad for the Reform party at the next General Election. These councils can, in the immediate sense, start to resist all the Labour lunacy.

Labour are being wiped out in local elections in England. Counting is currently underway and they're in fourth or fifth place in terms of council seats won.

Reform UK are the clear winners, with the Conservatives currently second.

With a result this bad, UK prime minister, Keir Starmer must be gone. Labour always pride themselves on controlling councils, and off that base they launch their campaigns to control the country. But, it appears that will no longer be the case. All this net zero nonsense at the local level can go heave, and not before time.

https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2025/england/results

Kemi Badenoch Faces Relentless Criticism

I've noticed a concerted effort from political commentators in Britain, dragging down the Leader of the Opposition, the Conservatives leader, Kemi Badenoch. Many of these commentators exalt Nigel Farage to the highest. Does this reflect the opinion of Britons as a whole, or is this a campaign to elevate Farage?

Looking into this, I checked recent polling results as tabulated on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election

Since Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives leader, the party has shown steady recovery. Badenoch herself, has shown a low disapproval rating. On the 4th of December, the Conservatives polled first.

Studying leadership approval, and looking at the latest poll result, the results in order from most negative to least negative are:

Keir Starmer -36

Nigel Farage -11

Kemi Badenoch -9

Ed Davey -8

In all cases, these leaders have a negative response from voters, but if you listened to the pundits, you'd think Nigel Farage could walk on water. Out of the last four polls, only Davey and Badenoch have had a positive result. 

Something I have noticed about Farage, he's sounding a little more Tory every day. The effort appears to be to force a reverse takeover of the Conservatives, thus installing Farage as leader. To me, this sounds like wishful thinking as Reform only have five MP's, well short of predictions prior to this year's election.

It'll be interesting to see how this evolves, but it does look as if Reform UK will implode at some point as they simply lack the numbers in the House of Commons.

Follow The Petition

This is amusing, there is petition now live within the UK Parliament, calling for a General Election. UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer has upset the people, the man is a complete fool. After a short time, the number of people signing the petition has gone over 1.8 million:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143?s=08

I would like there to be another General Election.

I believe the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.

Update: now at 2.7 million, what a hoot.

Chagos Archipelago

The end of modern Britain is a circus that continues to perform its tricks; now Britain has given away a key strategic point in the Indian Ocean. The Chagos Archipelago is situated right in the middle of the ocean, between Indonesia and Australia in the east, through to Tanzania and Kenya in the west. The Royal Navy, holding this point effectively controls almost all sea traffic from Asia to Europe. Who would want to give it up? Only a fool or a group intent on destruction. 

Why not go the whole way Britain, give up Gibraltar, Cyprus, the Falklands, why stop at Chagos!!

Oh, and New Zealand, think ahead and put in a claim for the Pitcairn Islands, Chile and other South Americans will be looking that's for sure. There is immense mineral wealth under the sea there, don't be stupid NZ, I know you often are.

Not long now for Britain, and a return to the tyranny of EU rule. 

Immigration UK

Immigration into the UK is out of control. I wondered how to word that statement and I cannot think of any other way of putting it. 

If we look at 2022 and 2023 alone, the net inflow stands at 1.44 million people. They are arrivals in excess of those departing, with the intention of settling permanently. The UK has a population of just under 67 million, meaning 2.2% of that population arrived in the two years prior to 2024.

On what planet is that sustainable?

This influx impacts the working class the most. The immigrants must be housed and fed, their children schooled. A high percentage of them are unskilled, and so they compete for jobs against those born and bred. 

Has there been a housing construction boom? Has infrastructure been ramped up to cope with the numbers? I don't think so.

Things are coming to a head in the UK, protests have become violent and the new Labour government appears unable or unwilling to cope. 

Putting my conspiracy hat on: it looks as if Brexit resulted in the powers-that-be unravelling or destabilising the UK by flooding the country with migrants.

Will this result in civil war? Possibly, better be prepared I'd say. Stock up on canned food and water.

Labour Authoritarianism

Labour politicians simply cannot resist the urge to become completely authoritarian. It took New Zealand's, Jacinda Ardern until 2020, and then the whole country found out what a monster she was. Now, in the UK it has taken only a few weeks for the UK's Keir Starmer to fully reveal himself. 

Who is Keir Starmer?

UK General Election July 4th 2024

Here we go, can you feel it? The British establishment is about to get a rude awakening. The bad news, we'll likely have Keir Starmer as the British PM. Personally, I cannot stand the sound of his voice. But, the big move will come from the new party, Reform UK. Expect several seats for them, and finally an end to the WEF Uniparty of Labour and Labour Lite (Tories).