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EPISODE · Feb 27, 2026 · 19 MIN

"This is very much a FIVE-PARTY system now": reaction to the Greens victory in Gorton and Denton

from The Northern Agenda · host Laudable

Fiona McCudden is joined by Manchester Evening News reporter Stephen Topping and Northern Agenda editor Graeme Whitfield in the morning after Hannah Spencer's victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election. They discuss how the Green Party won their first ever by-election, the anger felt toward Keir Starmer and the Labour government, and whether it would have made a difference if Andy Burham would have been allowed to run for the Greater Manchester seat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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