The Green victory in Denton is the result which will have the biggest effect on Labour, far more so than a Reform win. The blithe assumption progressives have nowhere else to go has been proved catastrophically wrong. Can’t help thinking of this quote from a Labour minister, a year ago…

After Trump's ambassador in Rejkavik starts telling jokes about Iceland becoming the "51st State," Iceland moves to accelerate the process of becoming an EU member state.

That's the way to do it, Hungary

'There is nothing to gain by emulating Reform. But there is everything to lose.' 🎯

Celebrations, selfies and crowdsurfing: Greens relish seismic night in British politics

In a battle between hope and hate, hope won out. Why voters rejected the hateful politics of Reform and instead embraced the "Green Menace" in Gorton and Denton bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...

Viktor Orban is now 20 points behind in the polls - and so he has ordered the military to guard “key energy facilities” against a possible Ukrainian “attack.” Hungarians fear he plans a fake national security emergency or false-flag incident before the April 12 election apnews.com/article/hung...

Yup. It’s what Putin did. It’s what Orban did. It’s what so many of us warned Trump would do and were called hysterics. It’s heartbreaking.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Once again Reform are spreading misinformation & smears, and the press & the media seem to repeat them.. its really important that the media.. take responsibility so when Reform or Farage says something they don't just keep repeating it"👏👏👏

There was a concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about the Green’s Labour delved into some dirty tactics Reform’s millions made no different Greens won with 41% of the vote. This is pretty seismic because it’s about as grass roots as it comes @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Karl Turner for Leader!

Yesterday, the magnificent Allister Heath headline generator demonstrated how thin the line between parody & reality can be. Today, Dick Littlejohn uses his Daily Mail column to explain that he 'knows' how much better 'things' were 25 years ago, because he has been watching old episodes of The Bill.

obviously today is a huge embarrassment for Matt Goodwin and for Reform, which is something that we absolutely ought to celebrate, but we must also remember it's a huge embarrassment for Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman and all the Blue Labour weirdos, and that's important to celebrate too :)

BREAKING: Angela Rayner response to Gorton and Denton by-election result

Americans now sympathise with Palestinians more than Israelis, poll finds ft.trib.al/S6eB6JT

2026: Chairman of Reform UK says the Green party issuing leaflets in Urdu is appalling 2016: In 2016 Vote Leave published leaflets in Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi

Expect weeks of "family voting" rhetoric from Reform. They're out of the gates on it already. It mustn't be allowed to wash because look at the scale of that win. Tactical voting has obviously played a massive part. Gorton and Denton rejected Reform and its hateful agenda.

Thank god. A great win for Hannah Spencer and the Greens, for #GortonAndDenton and for progressive voters. Made even greater by the huge Reform sulk. And the fact that the hateful Goodwin got whooped. Now Labour, look to your left because you will not win from the right. We’re sick of that failure.

“In a battle between hope and hate, hope has won.” Congratulations to new MP Hannah Spencer! bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...

Not just a loser. But a bad loser.

For good or for ill, some potential Reform voters will be more repulsed by graceless bad losers than they are by racist liars.

Joyful to see Goodwin and Farage having a huge wettie and rightwing media scrabbling around for credibility in the rubble of their cocky predictions and polling. You don’t have this in the bag.We voted for change in 2024. That never meant hate-fuelled populism. It meant hope. You don’t give us that.

Stunning and historic result in the Gordon and Denton parliamentary by-election in the UK. The anti-genocide Green Party led by Zack Polanski has won the seat from Keir Starmer's governing Labour Party. Nigel Farage's Reform UK and its odious candidate Matt Goodwin beaten.

YES GORTON & DENTON!!!! Despite Reform being rammed down our throats, the good people of D & G saw through it!

📌 ICYMI — Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/hope-beats-hate-green-party-defeats-reform-and-labour-in-huge-gorton-and-denton-by-election-…

Cartoon by Dave Granlund

So. A good win for the Greens. Boom boom! I've been waiting to say that.🤣

Gorton and Denton was 127th on the list of Green Party target seats. To win by such a margin there suggests there is much bigger potential for Green gains in May's local elections than most people expect bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...

Greens now have 5 MPs. Reform has 8 - but four of those are Tory defections who were not elected on a REF ticket.. Bet Jenrick and Braverman are feeling a little sick this morning.

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

important tools to help you spot fraudulent papers and Ai generated text

"Lest we forgot: Britain has a patriotism problem" via UK Against Hate

Hope! Péter Magyar, leader of the Hungarian opposition party is challenging autocratic Orbán’s 15-year rule. He wants to change Hungary’s relationship with its neighbours which bodes well for successful EU negotiations & an end to Orbán’s confrontational policies @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk

HAN SIDO ABANDONADOS EN UN MUNICIPIO DE LA COMARCA DE LOS SERRANOS, EN #VALENCIA. ⚠️🔴CORREN MUCHÍSIMO PELIGRO POR ATROPELLO. ⚠️🔴 NECESITAN DE MODO MUY #URGENTE HOGAR DE #ACOGIDA. DESGRACIADAMENTE NO PODEMOS AFRONTAR EL PAGO DE MÁS RESIDENCIAS CANINAS, Y NO DISPONEMOS DE REFUGIO CANINO. 😔...

EU asks anti-fraud agency to 'look into' ex-commissioner Mandelson's Epstein ties www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

Tax billionaires out of existence.

Love to see Community Notes cook Ann Coulter. 🍿

“An interactive map of 6,088 🇷🇺 defense factories, released by hacktivists on the invasion’s anniversary, exposes the personal data behind Russia’s war machine.” euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/25/f...

A really good time!

These are reasons why we won't 51!

If you’re wondering why the Trump Administration is cutting off health care for people across our state - look no further than the President’s own words: “retribution is coming”

Hillary Clinton’s opening statement "If this committee is serious about learning the truth..it would not rely on press gaggles to get answers from our current president on his involvement; it would ask him directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he shows up in the Epstein files”

EXACTLY! What she said👇

Keep it going!! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

We have the same sadistic tendency on the British right. Remember when Robert Jenrick ordered the painting over of Disney murals at an asylum seeker reception centre? Who can doubt that the same cruelty to children would be at the heart of a Reform government?

i really struggle to understand how anyone could behave this way. i mean, intellectually, i get it. i research monsters for a living. i know they’re real. but imagine slamming the cage door in a crying child’s face, having just confiscated her crayons. and then going home to your own family???

She's not wrong. There is more that unites us. If that weren't true, there wouldn't be Trump/AOC/Mamdani voters, but there are.

Columbia student detained today is a day-in-the-life influencer with 100K followers. Her stories right now go from her studying for a Genetics exam in a nicely edited "ten hour study with me at Columbia" video, to a photo of her knees with the caption "dhs illegally arrested me please help"