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StevieM

(10,596 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2026, 10:36 PM Jun 18

Great news for Labour tonight. This was a landslide.

Andy Burnham didn't just win. He absolutely clobbered the Reform candidate. His margin of victory exceeded 20 points.

I expect that his colleagues will carry him into Downing Street on their shoulders.

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Great news for Labour tonight. This was a landslide. (Original Post) StevieM Jun 18 OP

That is TERIFFIC news! So good to hear. I was terrified of a Farage-by-default Maru Kitteh Jun 18 #1

So glad to read this! BadgerMom Jun 19 #2

This is heartening. Nigel Farage is poison. DFW Jun 19 #3

So wonderful for Global Democracy! Cha Jun 19 #4

Definitely a positive sign, especially the enormous size of the victory. StevieM Jun 19 #5

Aloha, Stevie! Cha Jun 19 #6

Aloha, Cha!! StevieM Jun 19 #8

The next PM malaise Jun 19 #7

Maru Kitteh

(32,110 posts)

1. That is TERIFFIC news! So good to hear. I was terrified of a Farage-by-default

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Thu Jun 18, 2026, 10:53 PM

Jun 18

situation. Good to see others may have learned from our hideous mistakes? Well done, UK.

BadgerMom

(3,471 posts)

2. So glad to read this!

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Fri Jun 19, 2026, 01:30 AM

Jun 19

DFW

(60,838 posts)

3. This is heartening. Nigel Farage is poison.

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Fri Jun 19, 2026, 01:38 AM

Jun 19

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Ever since his pet project, Brexit, ten years ago, he has had an agenda that has favored Putin more than GB, the EU or the USA, where he has recently been more welcome than is healthy for us.