General Election 2019

Richard Braine, UKIP’s leader, has resigned after less than three months in the role and just hours after a general election was agreed. A party spokesperson confirmed that Braine would be stepping down, leaving the party seeking its seventh permanent leader since Nigel Farage resigned in 2016. It is claimed the party could be ‘on […]

Football commentator CLIVE TYLDESLEY on the challenges facing Remainers at the ballot box as we head to the polls once again. We are dashing headlong towards a general election in which millions of Britons will have nobody to vote for. I feel like I’m about to be handed a selection box in which only the […]

There are warnings that web giants including Google, Facebook and Twitter must take ‘serious further steps’ to tackle disinformation on their platforms before a general election. The European Commission has previously made the call for change to tackle their attitudes to elections by the end of the year, but now campaigners are calling for platforms […]

Polling expert Sir John Curtice has predicted that the 2019 general election will lead to a ‘record number’ of non-Conservative and non-Labour MPs in parliament. Appearing on LBC, Curtice said the election will benefit the SNP, the Lib Dems and Greens – all anti-Brexit parties. He explained: “I think the safest prediction is that we […]

Jo Swinson has reitterated her stance that neither the Labour leader nor the Conservative leader are fit to be in 10 Downing Street. Asked if she was ruling out supporting either of the leaders after the election, the Lib Dem leader told the Today programme: “I can’t be clearer. Neither Boris Johnson nor Corbyn is […]

Nicola Stugeon has insisted the only way to vote tactically in Scotland to stop a Tory Brexit is to vote SNP. Sturgeon made the claims on Twitter as she hit the campaign trail the day after MPs voted for a December 12 poll. “Seeing lots of chat this morning about tactical voting to maximise Remain […]