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The former Tory MP who was convicted for faking expenses claims has stood down as a candidate for the party after mass criticism from other parties. Only hours after it was announced he would stand for a new seat, Chris Davies said he would no longer be contesting the Ynys Mon constituency in North Wales […]

Boris Johnson has been met with unimpressed locals who told him relief efforts were ‘a little bit too late’ as he visited affected areas following severe floods. The prime minister, who has held back from declaring the floods a national emergency, was filmed visiting Stainforth, where he spoke to several people who were out assisting […]

The prime minister has been mocked after releasing a Vogue-style question and answer video as part of his election campaign. I've answered a few questions about Brexit, the economy and Marmite.Watch our first election broadcast now.pic.twitter.com/boH1GfJdJU— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) November 12, 2019 Walking though his campaign offices in one take, Boris Johnson answers a number […]

ANDREW ADONIS wonders if Tim Walker’s decision to stand down in Rosie Duffield’s seat has helped to light the fuse to destroy Brexit. The sensation of the week is The New European’s very own Tim Walker – this newspaper’s Mandrake columnist – who, with typical elegance and fanfare, stood down as the Liberal Democrat candidate […]

The Liberal Democrats have said they will find a replacement for Tim Walker, their former candidate in Canterbury who stood down to help Labour. The Lib Dems' Paula Ferguson says the party will field a candidate against Labour's Rosie Duffield in Canterbury as people should "have a chance to vote for a Remain candidate.'Earlier today […]

Star Trek star Sir Patrick Stewart has been praised by a Comic-Con audience in France for denouncing Brexit. Sir Patrick said he was “embarrassed” to be stood in front of the French audience having to apologise for Brexit, when “well more than half” of Britain still wanted to stay in the European Union. He said: […]

The cabinet office minister Michael Gove was grilled by Adam Boulton over his party’s decision to not announce their assessment of the economic impact of the current Brexit deal. The Conservatives lack of transparency in publishing their economic report lead to the former justice secretary David Gauke announcing that he would be standing as an […]

People’s Vote, the cross-party campaign group revealed its priority list of recommended candidates in around 100 key target seats. Untitled infographicInfogram The list reveal the priority seats which have the best chance of beating Tory candidates in their seat, making the selected candidates “best places to secure a final say on Brexit after the election”. […]

A BBC reporter was taken aback by a farmer in Bishop Auckland who slammed Boris Johnson for his lies told during the EU referendum. The farmer has become an unlikely internet hit after the BBC News interview where he claimed that Johnson should be in jail for the lies he has told. It was prompted […]

The Brexit Party’s MEP for Scotland has quit as a candidate in the general election in apparent protest at the group’s decision to not field candidates in seats held by Tories. Louis Stedman-Bryce stood down, though he had previously backed an agreement with the Tories in Scotland to try and fight the SNP. Stedman-Bryce had […]

The ex-Tory Cabinet minister David Gauke has announced he will stand as an independent candidate in the upcoming General Election. The former Justice Secretary said he would contest the South West Hertfordshire seat he has held since 2005, though he will no longer stand for the Conservatives. Gauke also endorsed calls for a second referendum, […]

A Conservative parliamentary candidate had his feet held to the fire over claims that the opposition offers a ‘coalition of chaos’ without taking responsibility for his own party’s record in government. The Tory incumbent for North West Cambridgeshire, Shailesh Vara, was asked by BBC’s Emma Barnett if he agreed with Boris Johnson’s election warnings of […]

A Stainforth local launched a heavily worded attack on the prime minister as he visited victims of the Yorkshire floods. “You’re a joke, like. The whole country is living in poverty. It’s a joke,” one man shouted at Boris Johnson. “People are living on the streets. Kids are living on the streets. Nobody gives a […]

A Liberal Democrat candidate in the Labour marginal of Canterbury has stood down, after criticism he could split the Remain vote and lead to the election of a pro-Brexit MP. Labour candidate for Canterbury, Rosie Duffield, previously in the House of Commons. Photograph: PA. – Credit: PA Archive/PA Images Tim Walker, who writes The New […]

The Tories have suffered from a massive shift in opinion as the gap between their party and Labour shrinks to just six points in a new Survation poll. The poll showed Labour’s support on 29% with 35% supporting the Conservatives, leaving the gap between the two parties at just 6%. The survey was carried out […]

Steve Bray, the anti-Brexit man literally behind many news broadcasts, has been selected as a general election candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Wales. Bray has become famous for appearing in the background of rolling news programmes from outside parliament holding placards opposing Brexit and shouting “stop Brexit”. He has been announced as the Cynon […]

There has been a burst of recrimination on Twitter after a Brexit Party MEP said she would not be voting in the general election. Alexandra Phillips had earlier complained that she had been “disenfranchised by her own party” after leader Nigel Farage decided to stand down 317 candidates, and said that she would not be […]

The Liberal Democrats have elected a new leader for the delegation of Lib Dems in the European parliament, following news last week that Catherine Bearder was stepping down. Caroline Voaden MEP was chosen to lead the Lib Dems in European Parliament. Since beating the Conservatives and Labour in May’s European parliament elections, Lib Dem MEPs […]

Jeremy Corbyn has warned that a cyber attack on Labour’s digital platforms could be a ‘sign of things to come’ in the general election. The Labour leader said the timing of the attack – which slowed some of the party’s campaign activities – was “suspicious” and had made him “nervous” about what might happen in […]

The Liberal Democrat candidate for Boris Johnson’s constituency of Uxbridge has announced that she will stand down from the election. Citing ill health of both family members and colleagues, Elizabeth Evenden-Kenyon said she was making the “difficult” decision in order to prioritise her family. “Life isn’t always easy but it is precious,” she wrote on […]

A viral video has shown the prime minister endorse the leader of the opposition to be prime minister. Or has it? A video known as a deepfake is showing Boris Johnson endorse Jeremy Corbyn to be prime minister. The video shows the prime minister say: “Hi folks, I am here with a very special message. […]

The Electoral Commission was within its rights to publish a report with the details of its findings that the official Leave campaign broke electoral law during the 2016 referendum. In July 2018 the Electoral Commission (EC) fined Vote Leave – the official referendum Leave campaign – £61,000 for breaking spending rules, publishing a detailed report […]

A former UKIP leader’s appearance on Sky News has attracted 493 complaints after the peer made numerous claims about the UK’s Muslim population. Lord Pearson, who now sits as an independent, told Sky News’ All Out Politics that he believes Muslims are instructed not to mix with other people, and that Muslim birthrates rates are […]

It’s been just six days since parliament dissolved and each of the parties launched their election campaigns, but in that time we have already seen so much happen. this election is like an advent calendar except behind every door is an offensive tweet by a candidate we've never heard of— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) November 11, […]

Jo Swinson has criticised Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for not joining the Liberal Democrats in an anti-Tory coalition. Swinson was visiting Doncaster charity Stainforth4All to meet volunteers who were helping victims of the recent flooding. She used the visit to pledge £5bn in flood defences funding that could be used by local authorities to improve […]

25 official complaints have been made to Ofcom after the BBC mistakenly used old footage in coverage of Boris Johnson at Remembrance Day. Slide One is Boris Johnson, yesterday, laying a wreath upside down on the CenotaphSlide Two is the footage BBC News are rolling with this morning - bizarrely, it's from 2016. pic.twitter.com/8BrOyA9Kyr— Ava-Santina […]

Former House of Commons speaker John Bercow has announced he will publish his memoirs early next year with ‘grippingly candid’ revelations about his time in politics. The book will chart his journey from boyhood to parliament and include his take on his decade in the chair. Titled Unspeakable, it also promises to reveal Bercow’s views […]

The Brexit Party leader is putting himself ahead of a country, according to a candidate dropped by the group. Robert Wheal was due to fight in the Arundel and South Downs constituency but was stood down as the seat is currently held by the Conservatives. He called Farage’s decision to not contest Tory-held seats a […]