Greens win their first ever British by-election

[Doctor Phibes]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr453rvy6kvo

Green Party get their first ever British by-election win in Gorton and Denton. Labour in 3rd place after Reform. Labour focused on the threat from Farage, possibly overlooking the crusty greens.

Funnily enough, I lived in Gorton, Manchester for two years in the 1980's. I think it's fair to say that it was 'a bit rough'. At the time, it was a massive Labour stronghold.

[jon-nyc]

The green seem to have forgotten that the green is for the environment, not Islam.

[taiwan_girl]

Easy to campaign, tough to govern.

https://greenparty.org.uk/about/our-manifesto/

[Doctor Phibes]

This is from 10 years ago...

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/the-northerner/2016/jun/20/forgotten-neighbourhood-gorton-manchester-decline-urban-regeneration

Living there in the 80's was just awful. Quite a lot of Manchester improved substantially after the IRA did the city a big favour and blew up the city center in 1996, but the improvements didn't extend that far.