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Tell this new voting tool your constituency and it recommends who to vote for to prevent Theresa May’s Hard Brexit PA Archive/PA Images – Credit: PA Archive/PA Images Tactical voting to oppose Brexit could still have a huge impact on the General Election. Labour’s muddled EU policy and a weakened Liberal Democrats mean there is […]

Chimpanzees, croissants… and Brexit: A day with the Liberal Democrat leader as he is out canvassing for votes. PA Images – Credit: PA Wire/PA Images It is 7.30 in the morning and we are all standing outside a hipster cafe in south London waiting for Tim. Amongst the small, select crowd gathered underneath the railway […]

All the election news, reaction and analysis on June 7. .

We must acknowledge it before we can address it Over the past four months, there have been five murders committed by white supremacists or those associated with white supremacists groups in the United States. In February, two Indians were shot and one was killed in Kansas by a white man who shouted ‘get out of […]

Can you guess who high profile figures from the world of music, TV and film are backing in the general election 2017? .

From Cruella DeVil to Miss Trunchbull, the prime minister bears comparison to the great baddies of childhood nightmares The Little Mermaid (1989) – Credit: Cover Images This has got to be one of the most dysfunctional campaigns ever. In the seven-way televised debate, one leader was conspicuous by her absence: the tired looking PM, who […]

All the election news, reaction and analysis on June 6. .

Twitter lefties and a missing Brexit election: Our (Brexiteer) diarist Iain Dale records a new election week I’ve come to the conclusion that the ‘Left’ have conquered Twitter. Last weekend, my LBC Radio colleague Maajid Nawaz conducted a Twitter poll, which asked ‘who do you trust more on national security issues – Theresa May or […]

Lessons from the wrong side of history Two elderly women walk through Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 November 2006. – Credit: DPA/PA Images That deadly phrase about suffering ‘the enormous condescension of posterity’ was originally devised to rescue working class history from the disdain of educated historians. But it cuts both ways. We all deploy […]

As voters prepare for June 8, here’s a guide to what happens when the polling stations close… Enter your constituency into the tool below to find out what time election results for your area are announced. When do the polling stations close? Polling stations will be open on the day of the election from 7am […]

All the election news, reaction and analysis on June 5. .

The London Bridge terror attack is set to bring heightened pressure on internet firms to end so-called ‘safe spaces’. Speaking after seven people were killed and 48 injured when three terrorists rammed their van into pedestrians on London Bridge before going on a knife rampage through nearby Borough Market, Theresa May accused internet firms of […]

More than a century after they became extinct there, oysters are returning to a Scottish firth. This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Oysters were abundant in the waters around the Dornoch Firth in the north-east of Scotland from 10,000 years ago. But overfishing decimated stocks in the late 19th century and the shellfish became […]

In his work, Jeremy Deller’s has taken inspiration from an array of subjects… right up to the Prime Minister’s latest vapid soundbite. Jeremy Deller – Credit: Archant As Jeremy Deller was being shown round Stonehenge its custodians were unaware his intention was to make a ‘bouncy castle’ replica of the late Neolithic monument. When official […]

Schools have not been much of a Brexit battleground up until now. But the effects are now starting to be felt In classrooms up and down the country, the atmosphere is fraught. The demands of exam season weigh on both students and teachers, while the ever-present funding crisis looms large in the background. As heads […]

Of all the puny political excuses that reduce grown-up arguments to childish spats, ‘I blame the media’ is the most dispiriting. Witnessing Westminster’s warriors clinging to their favourite clapped-out cliché and shooting the messenger can be a life-sapping experience. As the bullets fly from all directions, it’s hard to keep up. Labour’s General Election soldiers […]

ISIS is failing and will soon be driven out of its heartlands. But those who wish to fight on will form new groups and pose new danger ISIS will soon be ejected from the Islamic state it established in Syria and Iraq. This impending victory will severely weaken this hateful organisation. But ISIS, its ideas […]

Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed that ‘violence must never be allowed to disrupt the democratic process’ in the wake of another devastating terror attack. Seven people were killed when a van was driven at pedestrians on London Bridge before three men went on a random stabbing spree in nearby Borough Market. Speaking outside Number […]

Watch as angry London taxi driver’s rant at ‘vulture capitalists’ shuts down the latest Tory soundbite Angry taxi driver Mark McGowan has been creating viral videos of political rants, filmed in his minicab, since 2010 – the ChunkyMark Youtube channel now boasts over 53,000 subscribers. ‘Theresa May’s Tory Magic Money Tree – Get Shut Down’ […]

We pick the most wrong and unstable Leavers of the week 10) Nick GriffinTraditionally a fan of refusing admission to extremists from foreign lands, the former BNP leader must be mightily conflicted over Hungary’s decision to deny him entry and residence visas. Griffin has been declared a ‘persona non grata’ by the interior ministry in […]

All the election news, reaction and analysis on June 3. .

Few family histories better underline the complex relationship between Britain and Germany than Christian Lawrence’s. Here he explains why his fellow countrymen are so sad to see the UK leave It is often said of the Germans that we start a conversation by talking about our ancestry. Well I am a German, living in Munich, […]

Her performance this week has been shocking. She’s made an absolute mockery of the absurd Strong And Stable mantra they’ve all been bleating and there’s more than a hint of alarm in her eyes when the Press start asking her questions. Rightly so. She has demonstrated a profound lack of substance – her credibility as […]

Get your weekly dose of politics as Steve Anglesey, Richard Porritt and Geri Scott dissect the Tory campaign and crown Brexiteer of the week The New European team are back with their weekly political podcast. Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott discuss the Conservative Party’s disastrous campaign, polls predicting a hung parliament and watching […]

Of one thing I’m sure – May is beatable It is one of the first rules of strategy – never underestimate your opponents. Go back as far as Sun Tzu, Chinese genius general of the 6th century. ‘He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponent is sure to be captured by them.’ […]

The shameful pact of silence between the Tories and Labour regarding the biggest issue facing the country Brexit, warned Theresa May this week, was ‘the one, fundamental, defining issue’ that voters should focus on when they head to the polling stations next Thursday. She’s right, of course, but it’s hard to think of a more […]

This wasn’t in the script… … it was certainly not how it had played out in her head on that Snowdonia walk with Philip, when she and the country were still honeymooning. Not remotely. It seems so bloody long ago now and she wonders if all that Welsh mountain air hadn’t actually given her a […]

Updates, reaction and analysis as the election enters final days. .