The Green Party of England & Wales looks like deciding not to make a major showing in Makerfield, to give Andy Burnham a better shot at winning the by-election.
A Green official told the FT:
'We do...
@nprofile1q... It's a tricky one, as a GPEW member I really don't think Labour should automatically get the "left wing" vote, they really should earn it. At the same time looking at that seat it does look like reform will do very well. But at the same time, a lot of people assumed Gorton and Denton would go to reform but we won it.