General Election 2019

Men are dominating four-fifths of national press coverage according to a new study looking at the first few days of the general election campaign. Academics at Loughborough University have noted “gender inequality across all coverage” with men dominating 67.1% of the television coverage, and 81.9% of the national press coverage. The research – carried out […]

A ginger cat has been put forward on an anti-Brexit ticket in the general election. A ginger cat features on some of the UCAT election materials. Picture: Peter Cook – Credit: Peter Cook Stan the Remainer cat and his UCAT party is taking on Tory incumbent Rehman Chishti in the Kent constituency of Gillingham and […]

Nigel Farage has claimed the Tories are offering jobs to Brexit Party candidates if they agree to step down. The Brexit Party leader tweeted the allegation – claiming the system is “corrupt and broken”. It follows his claims he will not stand any further candidates down, days after announcing 317 candidates would stand down in […]

Britons are now much more likely to identify as ‘Remainers’ or ‘Leavers’ than they identify with a political party – and Remain is holding the lead. Britons now identify more strongly with Remain or Leave than they do with political party, according to YouGov polling. Picture: YouGov – Credit: YouGov As the general election looms, […]

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has said he is ‘very, very worried’ about splitting the Leave vote but has refused to stand down any more candidates to help the Tories win a majority in the general election. Speaking on the last day of nominations, he denied there would be any last-minute withdrawal of candidates following […]

Former Labour MP and hardline eurosceptic Kate Hoey has announced who she will be voting for in the general election. The longtime former MP for Vauxhall, who is casting her vote in Northern Ireland, said she was voting for the DUP but would have voted either for the Brexit Party or the Conservatives if she […]

Actor Eddie Marsan has launched a scathing attack on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as he explained why he had switched support to the Liberal Democrats. Marsan, who has appeared in films including Gangs Of New York and Mission Impossible 3, was highly critical of the Labour leader’s stance on anti-Semitism at a Lib Dem campaign […]

New polling has showed the biggest mover in the polls over the last week has been in Labour’s favour – suggesting the race is between two horses once again. According the polling website Britain Elects the Tories have dropped 0.2% since the last major tracker update on November 5th. By contrast Labour has risen 2.2% […]

Former attorney general Dominic Grieve has made a damning assessment of the prime minister’s character in comparison to Jeremy Corbyn. Asked by a caller on LBC which of the Labour or Conservative leaders he would vote for her said: “I’m not happy with either which is why I’ve ended up standing as an independent. “In […]

There is discontent with the candidate for the Conservatives in one of their safest seats in the UK, after he failed to win support of his local association in the first vote. Sir Christopher Chope – candidate for Christchurch and East Dorset – has made headlines as an MP for the wrong reasons over bills […]

Security minister Brandon Lewis has said wealthy Russian businesspeople have ‘the absolute right’ to donate to the Conservative Party if they are British citizens. Lewis, who himself has received donations from two wealthy Russian-born British citizens, said it is “wrong to accuse them of anything else”. His comments come as the government faces continuing pressure […]

Nigel Farage could be axed from a special episode of Question Time after he decided not to stand in the election – and pulled Brexit Party candidates out of scores of Tory seats. Farage had been lined up to appear on a 30-minute episode of Question Time in advance of the general election on December […]

Nigel Farage has claimed that the general election will be decided by tactical voting. Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme Farage was pushed on why he is not standing in the election with the Brexit Party leader claiming he could not be “hunkered down” to one seat. He said: “I am spending my time touring […]

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has responded to Donald Tusk’s comments that the UK would be a ‘second-rate player’ after Brexit. The Press Association reports that in an interview, Corbyn said: “No I don’t think we are ever going to be a second-rate player.” Tusk earlier made the comments as part of a plea to the […]

Ahead of today’s general election nominations deadline, the People’s Vote campaign is calling on pro-EU candidates to step aside in favour of the 100 who they say have the best chance of beating the Conservatives. The ‘PV100’ are the pro-second referendum candidates who the People’s Vote campaign say have the best chance of winning in […]

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 Brighton, home of actor, director and writer Jessica Hynes. But who will prove a smash hit with the audience like W1A – and who will be quickly forgotten by all […]

David Gauke has said that his former party is ‘not being straight with the British public’ over its Brexit promises. The former minister’s comments come after he announced he would stand as an independent candidate in his South West Hertfordshire constituency, and would back a People’s Vote. He told Channel 4 News that he thinks […]

Fifty-four pro-European grassroots groups are making a last-ditch attempt to get the Labour and Liberal Democrat leaders to stop the ‘circular firing squad’ and work together to stop a no-deal Brexit. With just one day before candidate nominations close, there are fears of renewed cooperation between Brexiteers, fuelled by Nigel Farage opting to stand down […]

Nigel Farage could vote for the Tories in the general election – despite running a rival organisation. The Brexit Party leader said he wants to see the Conservative manifesto before deciding whether to vote for Boris Johnson’s party. It follows Farage deciding this week to stand down candidates in all 317 constituencies won by the […]

A Lib Dem candidate has threatened to stand down and resign from the party unless the former candidate for Canterbury receives an apology. Tim Walker said he would not contest Labour-held Canterbury because he did not want to split the Remain vote, but the party leader Jo Swinson has insisted the Lib Dems would field […]

A news organisation is threatening legal action as it calls on the government to release a potentially explosive report into alleged Russian interference in UK politics and Brexit. The report produced by parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) was cleared for publication by all security agencies on October 17, but the prime minister has refused […]

A focus group asked to compare politicians to animals has come up with some unexpected ideas when they discussed Boris Johnson. A panel of 13 mostly undecided voters was brought was together for BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show, in a live focus group session aiming to represent a variety of political and social positions. Asked to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]