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Dennis Patton
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Inactive conservationist and campaigner. General nuisance. Despise both Labour and Tory.
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Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 28% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-1)
CON: 20% (+1)
LDM: 13% (=)
GRN: 10% (+1)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @focaldata.bsky.social, 18-21 Nov.
Changes w/ 8-17 Oct.
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Aggregate Result of the 170 Council By-Elections (for 173 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:

RFM: 59 (+51)
LDM: 50 (+18)
CON: 18 (-20)
LAB: 14 (-40)
GRN: 14 (+2)
Ind: 9 (-5)
Local: 4 (-6)
SNP: 3 (=)
PLC: 2 (=)

Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 30% (-5)
LAB: 22% (+2)
CON: 20% (+3)
GRN: 12% (+5)
LDM: 12% (-1)
SNP: 2% (=)

Via BMG Research, 25-27 Nov.
Changes w/ 26-28 Aug.
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 29% (-5)
LAB: 22% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
LDM: 12% (+1)
GRN: 11% (+3)

Via @survation.bsky.social, 16-20 Nov.
Changes w/ 24-25 Sep.
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 31% (-1)
LAB: 21% (+2)
CON: 17% (=)
GRN: 13% (+1)
LDM: 11% (-2)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @opiniumresearch.bsky.social, 26-28 Nov.
Changes w/ 19-21 Nov.
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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✅ Labour HOLD

South Bank (Redcar and Cleveland) council by-election result:

LAB: 47.4% (-17.8)
REF: 44.3% (+44.3)
CON: 8.2% (-4.3)

No Ind (-22.2) as prev.

+/- 2023

Estimated turnout: ~23% (-3)

andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack
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November 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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❗ Green GAIN from Labour

Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) council by-election result:

GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
REF: 15.8% (+15.8)
CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
EQU: 2.5% (+2.5)
LDEM: 2.2% (-7.7)

+/- 2023

Estimated turnout: ~25% (-10)

andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack
"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
andrewteale.me.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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❗ Conservative GAIN from Green

Hale (Trafford) council by-election result:

CON: 46.5% (+9.7)
GRN: 38.1% (-9.6)
REF: 8.1% (+8.1)
LAB: 4.2% (-7.6)
LDEM: 3.1% (-0.6)

+/- 2024

andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack
"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
andrewteale.me.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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📊 Ref lead of 6pts
Westminster voting intention

REF: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (-)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDEM: 15% (+2)

via @YouGov, 30 Dec
Chgs. w/ 17 Nov
britainelects.com
Britain Elects | Substack
Cutting through the noise with Ben Walker. Click to read Britain Elects, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
britainelects.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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❗ Reform GAIN from Labour

Thursday's Hetton (Sunderland) council by-election result:

REF: 45.2% (+45.2)
IND: 25.6% (-10.7)
LAB: 22.7% (-22.4)
LDEM: 4.2% (-2.0)
CON: 2.3% (-10.2)

+/- 2022

Estimated turnout: ~29% (-)

andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack
"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
andrewteale.me.uk
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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✅ Liberal Democrat HOLD

Thursday's Barnoldswick (Pendle) council by-election result:

LDEM: 59.8% (+1.5)
REF: 26.2% (+26.2)
CON: 10.1% (-11.7)
LAB: 3.9% (-11.1)

No Grn (-4.9) as prev.

+/- 2024

Estimated turnout: ~26% (-1)

andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack
"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
andrewteale.me.uk
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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❗ Reform GAIN from Conservative

Thursday's Hunstanton (King's Lynn and West Norfolk) council by-election result:

REF: 29.2% (+29.2)
LDEM: 25.6% (+25.6)
IND: 18.2% (-18.1)
CON: 17.8% (-22.2)
IND: 6.1% (+6.1)
LAB: 3.2% (-20.5)

+/- 2023

Estimated turnout: ~34% (-7)

andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack
"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
andrewteale.me.uk
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
Told you so! The Telegraph denounces Brexit as 'unmitigated economic disaster'
We've now got The Telegraph joining the Brexit resistance, after the formerly pro-leave paper ripped into its 'near-disastrous' consequences.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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US getting ready to attack Venezuela.

The rhetoric of curbing narcotics trade is just an excuse as Trump plans to pardon convicted drugs tsars at home.

It is about vanity, control of oil/gas and minerals and new Imperialism.

Who is next? Why is the UN silent?
Venezuela denounces ‘colonialist threat’ as Trump orders airspace closed
President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We do some dumb things. But this has to be in the top 10.
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2564777...
More beach huts lined up for stretch of coast where they change hands for £30,000
More than 20 new beach huts could be added to the picturesque dunes at Old Hunstanton.
www.edp24.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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In the Torygraph, it used to be so pro Brexit it ranked as fit for loons only.
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
Nigel Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
Women’s bodies are the new battleground as Nigel Farage aligns with the US hard-right. His link to the group that toppled Roe v. Wade puts UK reproductive freedom at serious risk, writes columnist…
www.mirror.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Port of Immingham, part of Humber Freeport. Has "various incentives" which offers benefits like customs, tax, and planning incentives to businesses within specific designated "tax sites".
Tax dodge.
www-grimsbytelegraph-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.grim...
Work to start on new £200m ferry freight terminal at Port of Immingham
The roll-on/roll-off ferry facility was granted consent last year
www-grimsbytelegraph-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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An Arctic Tern pondering when the next eel is going to come.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
November 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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He’s blocked me, but I’m sure Tommy Stephen Yaxley-Lennon Robinson is chuffed to feature in my ‘2025’ 1000 piece jigsaw
👇👇👇
www.coldwarsteve.com/2025/11/18/u...
November 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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An aging U.K. population means we need an increase in people of working age. Our current birth rate is insufficient to meet this requirement.

Immigration…….we need it.
Farage, not so much.
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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💥German Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirmed that Viktor Orbán travelled to Vladimir Putin without an EU mandate or consulting European leaders.

He added that Orbán’s last trip in 2024 wasn’t just a failure — it was followed by one of Russia’s most intense strikes.
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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❗️🇵🇱Polish President Nawrocki refused to meet with 🇭🇺Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán on December 3 after his visit to 🇷🇺Putin.
November 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM