General Election 2019

The Brexit Party has been urged to drop a candidate after it was revealed he used to be part of a heavy metal band which was named and styled after Luftwaffe pilots. Graham Cushway (second left) in the band Stuka Squadron. – Credit: Archant Graham Cushway, who recently complained he was receiving ‘dog poo’ parcels […]

Independent candidate Dominic Grieve has told his supporters not to donate any more money to his general election campaign fund – as he has already raised more than enough. The former Tory, who was ‘purged’ from Boris Johnson’s party for voting to prevent a no-deal Brexit, told the Evening Standard that he has already raised […]

A Welsh Conservative candidate has faced online ridicule for a tweet he posted which showed the ‘mood to get Brexit done on the streets of Carmarthenshire’ – only no-one was there. Harvard Hughes’ original tweet, showing the ‘mood to get Brexit done’ in Carmarthenshire. Photo: Twitter – Credit: Archant Harvard Hughes was a Conservative candidate […]

Social media network Facebook has admitted it cannot track all of the political adverts that appear on its platform. In a conference call with journalists ahead of the general election, Facebook said it was better prepared than ever for dealing with misinformation and had set up a special operations centre where staff would work to […]

The Conservative candidate for Broadland Nick Conrad has announced he is standing down over ‘ill-judged comments’ during a radio discussion about a rape case. Nick Conrad, 34, had received the backing of the local party on Wednesday to run for the seat held by Tory Keith Simpson, who has stepped down after 22 years as […]

The leader of the Brexit Party has reacted to the latest front cover of The New European, which called him ‘Remain’s secret weapon’. Our article centred on claims that the Brexit Party could undermine the Leave campaign, taking vital votes away from Boris Johnson by “shouting ‘betrayal'” and “claiming Johnson’s deal is yet another variant […]

The Green Party in Northern Ireland has joined an informal Remain alliance in Belfast to help the anti-Brexit cause. The party will not stand in any of the city’s four constituencies in order to clear the way for other pro-European candidates.The move follows an earlier agreement between Sinn Fein and the SDLP, which has seen […]

A Liberal Democrat candidate asked to stand aside as part of a pro-Remain election pact has vowed to run as an independent and has claimed that members of his party are ‘extremely unhappy’ about how the deal was struck. Mike Powell, who intended to stand in Pontypridd as a Lib Dem candidate, said he was […]

A Conservative candidate has become stuck trying to defend Boris Johnson’s misleading claim that he is funding 40 new hospitals – shortly after saying she agreed the NHS should not be weaponsied. LBC host and political commentator, Iain Dale, called out Conservative candidate for Chichester, Gillian Keegan, after she agreed with Chris Hopson on NHS […]

The pro-Leave parties may be about to unite in their own pact to rival the organisation of the pro-Remain alliance. The Lib Dems, Greens, and Plaid have done a deal to give each other a free run in 60 seats. The Remainers are getting organised, so why aren't Boris and Nigel?Brexiteers DEMAND a pact! Sign […]

Brexit is the key factor for the majority of students who are prepared to vote tactically, new analysis has found. According to a poll of 1,000 students by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), more than half of all students will vote in a way “to maximise the chances of their side of the Brexit […]

In just three days, a petition calling on the government to release a report on alleged Russian interference in British politics has hit nearly 150,000 signatures. The report produced by parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has been through all stages of approval from intelligence agencies and now only awaits the prime minister’s approval for […]

Labour’s Jess Phillips and Angela Rayner have hit out after the Conservative party announced it had selected a former radio host who said women should ‘keep their knickers on’ as its general election candidate. Former BBC Radio Norfolk presenter Nick Conrad, 34, has received the backing of the local Tory party despite infamous comments he […]

The polling expert John Curtice has said the Unite to Remain campaign ‘could be crucial’ and made predictions about how it could go. The polling expert John Curtice has said the Unite to Remain campaign “could be crucial” and made predictions about how it could go. Curtice, a professor of politics at the University of […]

Former Labour Leaver MP Kate Hoey has said she will not be voting for Labour at the next general election – but would not reveal specifically who she is planning to back. The Brexiteer was answering questions on BBC News as an outgoing MP when she was asked by presenter Huw Edwards how she was […]

The Brexit Party leader was told by a member of the public that he had tried to profit from the ‘politics of fear’ during the 2016 referendum. During the walkabout in Cumbria, the man said: “We don’t need you coming here. Why aren’t you standing as a candidate?” When Farage asked the man if he’d […]

The ex-secretary of state for housing and communities was slammed over a ‘shambolic day for the Tories’. James Brokenshire was challenged by Emily Maitlis on BBC’s Newsnight over Alan Cairns resigning on the day of the election launch over what he knew about a rape case, alongside Grenfell tower comments made by Tory MPs, and […]

A cross-party anti-Brexit initiative has banded together to agree on 60 seats in which pro-EU candidates will not run against each other in England and Wales. Unite To Remain, led by former MP Heidi Allen, is a collaboration between the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party, and Plaid Cymru. WATCH: ‘Unprecedented’ – Pro-Remain parties agree not […]

A zoomed-out image of the Conservative election launch has shown the venue dwarfing the crowd of Boris Johnson supporters. Boris Johnson launches election campaign at Conservative party rally in Birmingham. pic.twitter.com/CwN9uuvl8Z— Tim Ross (@TimRoss_1) November 6, 2019 Bloomberg political reporter Tim Ross tweeted a picture of the convention hall revealing masses of floor space not […]

The major Pro-Remain parties in England and Wales have entered a pact which will mean pro-EU candidates will not run against each other in 60 constituencies. Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Plaid Cymru will announce the constituencies where certain parties will not be offering candidates at 10am on Thursday. It is an ‘unprecedented’ cross-party […]

A former MP who stood down from the Labour Party earlier this year has said he will not stand in the general election, and as a parting shot told the electorate to vote for Boris Johnson. Ian Dudley, who has been a member of the party for 34 years, said that Jeremy Corbyn is “completely […]

The shadow chancellor of the exchequer has hit out against the Unite to Remain pact formed by the major pro-Remain parties in England and Wales. At a speech outlining Labour’s economic vision for the country, John McDonnell said: “We’re going to transform this economical system so it works for everyone and not just a small […]

Nigel Farage has watered down his demands for Boris Johnson to scrap his Brexit deal in return for an electoral pact. Farage has now said changes must be made to the government’s political declaration for his party to back the deal. He said his party will stand at least 600 candidates in the general election […]

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 Glasgow for its biannual trip north of the border specifically designed to enrage the natives with at least one panellist with no idea of which issues are devolved. Here’s your […]

Tom Watson has quit as the deputy leader of Labour and will not stand as an MP in the general election. In a statement, the party said: “After 35 years in full-time politics, Tom Watson is stepping down as an MP and Labour’s Deputy Leader. “Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has thanked Tom for his contribution […]

Northern Ireland’s only unionist Remainer MP has said she will not contest the general election. Lady Sylvia Hermon announced that she would not be defending the North Down seat she took in 2001. She was under pressure from a Democratic Unionist rival who cut her majority to 1,208 in the last poll in 2017. She […]

The media watchdog Ofcom has received 23 complaints after a Sky News presenter ’empty chaired’ a Tory politician who she says was expected on the show. Let's resolve this definitively, shall we? Here is the "Listen Again" feature of @talkRADIO. It time-stamps @JamesCleverly as coming on, almost 20 minutes after he was empty-chaired by @KayBurley. […]

A Conservative election candidate has bungled his campaign website by featuring a ruin that he thought was in his constituency – but is actually 350 miles away. The upper image, which appeared on Morley’s website, featured Melrose Abbey in Scotland, before it wasd hurriedly replaced with local landmark below – Reading Abbey. Picture: Craig Morley […]