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Manchester: Respect Beats Monster Raving Looney Party!
Showed Raving Loonies What’s What.
All left-wing eyes are on Manchester where Respect’s Catherine Higgins (182 votes, 1,1%) unexpectedly beat the Monster Raving Looney Party’s Howling Laud Hope (78 votes, 0,5%).
It’s onwards and upwards for Britain’s fastest disintegrating political party.
Labour Co-op | Lucy Powell | 11,507 | 69.1 | +16.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Marc Ramsbottom | 1,571 | 9.4 | -17.2 | |
Conservative | Matthew Sephton | 754 | 4.5 | -7.3 | |
UKIP | Chris Cassidy | 749 | 4.5 | +3.0 | |
Green | Tom Dylan | 652 | 3.9 | +1.6 | |
BNP | Eddy O’Sullivan | 492 | 3.0 | -1.1 | |
Pirate | Loz Kaye | 308 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Trade Unionist & Socialist | Alex Davidson | 220 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Respect | Catherine Higgins | 182 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 78 | 0.5 | N/A | |
People’s Democratic Party | Lee Holmes | 71 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Communist League | Peter Clifford | 64 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,936 | 59.7 | |||
Turnout | 16,648 | 18.2 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Catherine Higgens, who supports the 9/11 ‘truth’ campaign, could not be contacted at the time of writing.
Update. National Respect issued the following statement,
This brilliant result shows that if you want change in Britain vote for Respect. Catherine Higgens has shown that nowhere is safe for the Monster Raving Loony Party. Yvonne Ridely and George Galloway are at present recording a rap, “do the Taliban mash”. Watch out Rotherham, we’re coming!