Green Party Defeats Labour in U.K. Special Election

“I didn’t develop up desirous to be a politician. I’m a plumber, and two weeks in the past, throughout all this, I additionally certified as a plasterer as a result of even in chaos, even below strain, I get issues performed. I’m no totally different to each single individual right here on this constituency. I work exhausting. Working exhausting used to get you one thing. It acquired you a home, a pleasant life, holidays. It acquired you someplace. However now, working exhausting, what does that get you? As a result of life has modified. As a substitute of working for a pleasant life, we’re working to line the pockets of billionaires. We’re being bled dry, and I don’t suppose it’s excessive or radical to suppose working exhausting ought to get you a pleasant life.” “I’m disenchanted that Labour didn’t get in, however I blame Starmer.” “I feel he’ll be going fairly quickly. He’s garbage. He’s too mushy. He’s too — simply attempting to maintain everyone glad however maintaining no one glad.” “It’s a really disappointing end result. Incumbent governments very often get outcomes like that mid-term. However I do perceive that voters are annoyed. They’re impatient for change. And I’ll carry on preventing for these folks for so long as I’ve acquired breath in my physique.”