Henry Zeffman
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first heard Apr 2026
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But you would expect him to get more votes because it bears repeating how much our politics has changed in the last two years.
At the twenty twenty four general election, the idea that Reform UK might win one MP, let alone the handful that they won
was actually to some
Pretty
Fanciful.
Nigel Farage had tried however many times he had over the years in various incarnations to become an MP and had always failed.
So you would expect, given what's happened in the two years since with Reform UK until recently leading basically every national opinion poll with every reputable pollster, well you would expect them to have lots more voters everywhere in the country to some degree, but especially somewhere like Clapton where they are strongest.
Well, I do think
I mean I mentioned how
Extraordinary it is on one level the amount of votes that
Count Binface, Jonathan Harvey I think is his actual name got.
Um
In a field of thirty-four candidates, even though he had become the sort of most prominent of the uh anti-Farage candidates.
But the other thing I think it probably does show.
That might have implications for contests which aren't as unusual and distinctive as this is the number of people, even in a place like Clacton, where the reform vote is very strong and has been for some time, the number of people who are desperate to turn out to vote for anyone who is not Reform UK.
And I think that probably does have broader applications going forwards.
And you mentioned that.
Carefully by-election for the Welsh Seneth last year, but you might as well have also said the Gorton and Denton by-election in Greater Manchester earlier this year that the Greens won, and then subsequently the Makerfield by-election, both of which is not just pundits, Reform UK had designs on at some point.
I mean, Makerfield obviously became perhaps an even more unusual by-election than this, because that is the one that essentially was is Andy Burnham going to become private?
Prime Minister yes or no, which is still just a staggering thing for a by election, parliamentary by election, to have become.
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