The Tory leader lashed out at beleaguered Keir Starmer amid a growing row over claims of coercive “family voting” in Gorton and Denton raised by independent observers of the shock Green victory.
Nigel Farage lashed out at “cheating” and Reform’s candidate Matt Goodwin blasted “dangerous Muslim sectarianism” in the wake of his crushing defeat after Democracy Volunteers said there were potential breaches of electoral law.
‘Family voting’ is where a voter is accompanied by another person, often a relative, into or near polling booths with the intention of influencing their vote.
Tougher legislation, known as the Ballot Secrecy Act, was introduced in 2023 in a bid to clamp down on the practice. That made clear it was an offence.
There were growing calls today for the Electoral Commission and the police to get involved in examining the claims.
In a lengthy statement issued this morning, Badenoch lashed out at all three parties who led the voting in Gorton, where the Tories came a distant fourth.
Addressing Sir Keir’s splintering party she said: “Labour created the monster of harvesting Muslim community bloc votes and yesterday that monster came back to bite them.
“As I have said many times before we are a multi-racial country, not a multicultural country.”
After a campaign in which Labour, Reform and the Greens were accused of fighting dirty she added: “If you stir up grievance politics between groups based on religion or race… you start to unravel the culture of tolerance that makes Britain great.”...<<<Read More>>>...
