I saw how the Greens channelled voters’ anger – and fused it with hope. That’s why they won in Gorton and Denton | Owen Jones
The scale of victory of the Green party’s Hannah Spencer in Gorton and Denton changes everything. When I visited, I met lifelong Labour voters – many of them older working-class white people regarded as prime Reform recruits – defecting to the Greens. 1:59 Hannah Spencer's victory speech after Gorton and Denton byelection – videoLabour feared a Green victory would be existential. From my conversations, there is no question that Gaza is one element in the Greens’ victory. The Reform party called the result “dangerous Muslim sectarianism”, with Nigel Farage taking from the Donald Trump playbook by claiming that the election was stolen.
Source: The Guardian February 27, 2026 18:58 UTC
