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YOUR VIEWS: Our community has reacted strongly to the Green Party’s historic Gorton and Denton by-election win, prompting criticism of Labour’s leadership, and reflection on shifting political allegiances

Hannah Spencer won the Gorton and Denton by-election in a previously solid Labour seat.

New Green Party MP Hannah Spencer said she had “targeted misinformation” directed at her in the build-up to the by-election in Gorton and Denton.

Labour suffered a seismic defeat in the once-safe Manchester seat

Optimism and quiet confidence gave way to jubilation with party’s historic victory in Gorton and Denton byelection

Concerns were raised about people forcing family members to vote in a certain way during the contest in Manchester

Ms Spencer, who at one point danced on the street in the constituency, gained the seat for the Green Party with a strong personal performance during her campaign

Result shows progressive voters they have an alternative to Labour against Reform UK, and reveals task ahead for Starmer

Here are five of this morning’s biggest stories. Explosions have been heard in Kabul after Pakistan declared ‘open war’ on Afghanistan’s Taliban government. The Green Party has seized a historic by-election victory in the UK’s Gorton and Denton. Netflix has backed out of a Warner Bros deal, paving the way…

‘If we see a swing like this at the next general election, there will be a tidal wave of new Green MPs’ - Zack Polanski

In today’s newsletter: ​This byelection has long been mooted as a foreshadowing of coming elections in Wales, Scotland and eventually the whole of the UK