Greens surge in Gorton and Denton by-election as Labour pushes a decidedly dodgy poll to try and shut them down. Right, so the polling company Find Out Now has published a by-election poll for Gorton and Denton based on just 143 people, commissioned by a private company, with Reform ahead, Labour close behind, and the Greens written off. That poll is already being used as proof that voters only have two real options, despite the pollster itself warning it’s small, unstable, and early. At the same time, Reform has parachuted in a candidate with a long record of anti-Muslim rhetoric, while campaigning in the wrong place, the Greens have made pushing back on such narratives a central plank of their campaign, the Muslim Vote advocacy group has endorsed the Greens as well so momentum is with them. Yet a really poor quality poll, conducted seemingly in ...