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Key marginal seats where the Lib Dems are most likely to win are facing a fresh threat as former UKIP members created a ‘Liberal Party’ which will also appear on the ballot paper. There are six constituencies which will all have candidates standing from both the Liberal Democrats and the ‘Liberal Party’. In every single […]

A Conservative candidate in Somerset has told his constituents how he will benefit a town nearly 100 miles away, and in another country. James Heappey, the Tory hopeful for Wells, made a tragic mistake in distributing party literature to his constituents in Wells, when he instead detailed how a Conservative victory would benefit the people […]

Campaigner and businesswoman Gina Miller has predicted Boris Johnson could win a 12 seat majority – but tactical voting could put the majority into minus figures. Miller said the only way to avoid a Conservative government is by voting tactically, and urged Remain voters to “take back control” of the political agenda. She added that […]

Annunziata Rees-Mogg has explained that she quit the Brexit Party because it is allowing a ‘Remain coalition’ to damage the Brexit cause. The MEP gave her reasons for stepping down along with three other high-profile party members at a press conference in which she said it is “tragic” that the Brexit Party could be the […]

Twitter has shut down an account which claimed that Jo Swinson was on the verge of resigning before election day to focus more on her own seat. A tweet sent by Max Gapes claimed Jo Swinson was resigning. Photograph: Twitter. – Credit: Archant Thousands of users have been sharing reports from “Max Gapes”, a Twitter […]

A controversial Brexit Party MEP has been criticised and mocked after she said in an interview that she would not be happy if Brexit was achieved, begging the question of what she is campaigning for. ?"You're gonna get Brexit but you're still not gonna be happy"?"Yep, you're spot on Emma" Brexit Party MEP @BrexitAlex gives […]

Viral campaigners Led By Donkeys are setting up an initiative to counter the Conservatives’ planned onslaught of Facebook advertising during the last 10 days of the election. After the Tories unleashed more than 2,600 adverts onto Facebook in just 24 hours earlier this week, the guerrilla campaigners want to counter the splurge. While it is […]

The prime minister faced stern criticism from Susanna Reid and editors of the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror on Good Morning Britain for having refused to let the media properly scrutinise him. Having avoided a number of prominent interviews and refusing to give answers to certain questions, Reid said it was “extraordinary” to have a […]

The Tories of been accused of attempting to turn the constitution into a political framework that would benefit their party if they won the election. The Labour peer and barrister Charlie Falconer was speaking to Emily Maitlis on the BBC’s Newsnight when he made reference to a point made in the Conservative Party’s manifesto, which […]

WILLIAM TOBIN on why he’s standing against Boris Johnson – but doesn’t want you to vote for him. I’m standing as a parliamentary candidate in Boris Johnson’s constituency. I have a single purpose – to highlight the unfairness of UK elections and referendums which exclude seven million of us: – The three million Brits living […]

The creator of hit BBC political comedy-drama The Thick of It has weighed in on the general election, urging voters to vote tactically to prevent Boris Johnson becoming prime minister again. WATCH: @Aiannucci @Konnie_Huq @PeterTatchell @EmmaKennedy and @Tony_Robinson are voting tactically on December 12th. Are you?Retweet this to spread the word— People's Vote UK (@peoplesvote_uk) […]

Boris Johnson has claimed 2020 will be ‘the year we finally put behind us the arguments and uncertainty over Brexit’ if the Tories get a majority at the election. Johnson was asked on ITV’s Peston if everybody will stop talking about Brexit after the end of January, and he said: “Yes, and now let me […]

The Labour candidate for Leicester South Jonathan Ashworth has dropped out of tonight’s episode of Question Time. Well done @JonAshworth & @UKLabour! Go @anneliesedodds !— Harriet Harman (@HarrietHarman) December 5, 2019 Ashworth responded to criticism that tonight’s episode in Hull would have an all male panel. Currently also on the panel is James Cleverly, Ian […]

Why the looming general election presents us with a frightening lose-lose dilemma. Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses supporters prior to boarding his General Election campaign trail bus. Picture: Frank Augstein-WPA Pool/Getty Images – Credit: Getty Images Just when you thought this dispiriting election campaign couldn’t sink any lower, something new pops up to further lower […]

Nigel Farage has been snubbed by members of his own party, as four Brexit Party MEPs are set to quit the party on Thursday, with one week to go before the election. John Longworth, former British Chambers of Commerce chief, and Annunziata Rees-Mogg are among the group resigning, who have all urged voters to give […]

The chancellor of the exchequer has come under fire after a ‘car crash’ radio interview in which he refused to write off the possibility of a no-deal Brexit and refused to condemn the prime minister for Islamaphobia. Chancellor Sajid Javid on @BBCr4today is having a laugh! The Tories want a Canadian style EU trade deal […]

Boris Johnson appears in a new video setting his words to the MC Hammer anthem ‘U can’t touch this’. The viral comedy account Cassetteboy updates the 1980s hit with wording far more appropriate to the prime minister, who instead says: “You can’t trust me.” The catchy video, clipped from hundreds of Johnson’s speeches, has nonetheless […]

As world leaders gather for Nato’s 70th anniversary summit, ANDREW ADONIS says we must question Britain’s alliance with the ‘worst of America’. Donald Trump pictured with Vladimir Putin. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images. – Credit: AFP via Getty Images This week’s 70th birthday celebrations for Nato takes our love-hate relationship with Trump to stratospheric […]

A new league table of MPs has ranked home secretary Priti Patel as one of the worst MPs in the House of Commons. Campaigning website Change.org has reviewed MPs in the last parliament on factors including their availability to constituents, their participation in parliament, and how much action they take on issues raised by the […]

Labour is the most favoured party amongst EU citizens living in the UK, followed closely by the Liberal Democrats, a new survey suggests. Jeremy Corbyn’s party would gain the vote of 26% of the European people surveyed, with the Lib Dems polling at 22%. Twewnty-two per cent of people didn’t know who they would support […]

Who is on Question Time tonight and where do they stand on Brexit? Here’s your guide… The BBC’s flagship current affairs programme tonight comes from Hull, hometown of both Maureen Lipman and Norman Collier. But who thinks if you’ve got an ology you’re a scientist, and who will wish they had a faulty microphone? Here’s […]

Jo Swinson has said she will support legislation for a People’s Vote under ‘any other government’. During her grilling from BBC’s Andrew Neil, she was asked if she would prop up a Corbyn-led government for six months in order to give enough time for a new Brexit referendum. She answered firstly by saying neither Corbyn […]

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has apologised for the welfare cuts her party backed when it was in power with the Conservatives. Swinson said that “too much” was cut in the years of the coalition government, during which she was a minister. She told BBC One’s Andrew Neil: “Clearly too much was cut. Clearly not […]

Boris Johnson is way out in front of other leaders when it comes to fake Twitter followers, a new analysis has revealed. Thirty-four per cent of the prime minister’s 1.25 million Twitter followers were found to be fake accounts or bots – the highest of a current party leader out of all the main UK […]

The New Statesman, which presents itself as a left-wing newspaper, has called Jeremy Corbyn ‘unfit to be prime minister’ and is refusing to endorse the Labour Party in the forthcoming election. It has ruled out backing the current party leader for premier as it did in 2017. “His reluctance to apologise for the anti-Semitism in […]

Dominic Cummings has been pictured at the Nato leaders’ summit despite having apparently resigned from his position as a civil servant three weeks ago. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former senior adviser Dominic Cummings, sits during the annual Nato heads of government summit at The Grove hotel in Watford, Hertfordshire. – Credit: PA Wire/PA Images Cummings […]

A series of anti Jacob Rees-Mogg messages have been placed all over the Conservative hopeful’s constituency, including one on top of a slag heap which can be seen for miles. A series of anti Jacob Rees-Mogg messages have been placed all over the Conservative hopefuls constituency, including one on top of a slag heap which […]

A Tory candidate has been accused of treating her constituents ‘with contempt’, after she claimed they were to blame for the government’s inability to get Brexit through parliament. Lia Nici, who is standing in the Leave voting Great Grimsby, said it was the people living in her constituency seat who were to blame for the […]