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The New Statesman.

Hello, I'm Hannah Barnes and you're listening to Politics from the New

Statesman. Yesterday, elections took place up and down the country for

councils, six mayoral contests and a by-election. What we're looking at today is a big win for Nigel Farage's reform

and a seismic shift potentially in British politics.

To go through both the numbers and what it all means,

I'm joined by the New Statesman's senior data journalist Ben Walker

and by senior editor George Eaton.

Gentlemen, I think we need to start with Runcorn and Halesby by-election, a formerly Labour safe seat, which has gone to

reform by six votes. And that was after a full recount when the margin was just four votes.

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