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My 92 year old grandad went to vote today in Gorton, and when he got to the polling station the attendants asked where he’s from. “I’m English!” He said. He was immediately arrested. “Just for saying I’m English!?” he shouted out, as he was dragged away from the polling station.

🚨 NEW: Reform and Labour respond to the Greens winning the Gorton and Denton by-election: Matt Goodwin: "We are losing our country. A dangerous Muslim sectarianism has emerged. We have only one general election left to save Britain. Vote Reform every chance you get. I will continue the fight. I will always fight for you. I will stand at the next general election" Nigel Farage: "This election was a victory for sectarian voting and cheating. Matt Goodwin was a great candidate for us. Roll on the elections on May 7th. It will be goodbye Starmer and goodbye to the Tory party" Labour: "This result is clearly disappointing. By-elections are normally difficult for the party of Government, and this election was no different. We have had thousands of conversations over the last few weeks and we know the majority of voters here did not want the poisonous politics of Nigel Farage and Reform. We will continue to deliver a programme for government that tackles the cost of living crisis families are facing, creates opportunities for young people and invests in our public services. The politics of anger and easy answers offered by the Greens and Reform won’t deliver this. We will move forwards with a relentless focus on delivering the renewal communities across Britain want to see"

Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified young woman. Photographed in the 1840s.