Gorton and Denton by-election: The silent majority isn't silent, and it isn't Reform

Hannah Spencer’s historic Green victory shows voters are rejecting division and embracing progressive politics

The result in Gorton and Denton last night has ripped British politics apart.

But not in the way many would have you believe.

For years, Reform UK has styled itself as the voice of the “silent majority”, the authentic expression of a country gagged by liberal elites. Its intellectual cheerleaders (if you can call them that) promised revolt, and its cand…