General Election 2019

A high court has heard how the views of voters who want to remain in the EU will be ‘ignored’ by leaving the Liberal Democrat and SNP leaders out of its televised election debate. Judges are appealing two separate legal challenges from the Lib Dems and SNP over their exclusion. Lord Justice Davis has said […]

The prime minister’s most senior aide is facing fresh questions over giving assistance to the Conservative Party while working as a civil servant. Dominic Cummings is a senior government advisor to Boris Johnson, and civil servants are not supposed to get involved in party political campaigning during election periods. However, the Liberal Democrats have written […]

Amid news that one in four black and Asian people is not on the electoral register, a grassroots organisation has put together a toolkit to encourage the most regularly disenfranchised groups in the UK to vote. Data released by the Electoral Commission (EC) estimates that a higher proportion of black and Asian voters, and voters […]

Both Labour’s and Conservative’s promises to resolve Brexit quickly are misleading, according to the leaders of the UK’s largest business lobbying group. As political leaders of the three main parties prepared to address the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference, CBI president and Tesco chair John Allan said that no party has offered concrete answers […]

Polling expert Sir John Curtice has said Brexit provides a ‘binary’ choice at the election, which involves either Boris Johnson’s plans or a coalition which gives the country a People’s Vote. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Curtice said Labour had made “a bit of ground at the expense of the Liberal Democrats amongst […]

ITV host Lorraine Kelly has vented her frustration at American businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri for an interview the presenter described as ‘crazy’. On Good Morning Britain (GMB), the former model at the centre of an alleged conflict of interest scandal described how Boris Johnson cut her out of their relationship – but refused to confirm that […]

A polling expert has predicted huge successes for one party in the country’s capital as they make gains in marginal seats. Peter Kellner, former director of YouGov and previously a BBC Newsnight reporter, said the Liberal Democrats are close behind the Conservatives who only hold “narrow leads” on a number of seats. In new constituency […]

Jo Swinson will declare the Liberal Democrats are the ‘natural party of business’ and she will insist remaining in the European Union gives the UK the best chance of success. Jo Swinson will declare the Liberal Democrats are the “natural party of business” and she will insist remaining in the European Union gives the UK […]

The SNP said its exclusion from the ITV General Election debate is depriving voters of the chance to make their own decisions. ITV is hosting a head-to-head debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday, November 19, which will not include any other party leaders. The Lib Dems and the SNP will contest the […]

Campaigners have reacted angrily to Michael Gove’s claims that EU citizens do not pay for access to NHS services. Michael Gove is completely wrong to say people from EU are accessing the NHS without 'paying in'. EU workers pay taxes. The NHS is not a contributory system. This is how it begins - the Tory […]

A member of the public in Derbyshire has left viewers smiling after she delivering a joke when she was asked for her opinions on Brexit on television. A Sky News reporter, who had turned up in the bingo in Derbyshire to ask viewers about their opinions on English identity, got more than he bargained for […]

Scotland’s desire for independence is ‘unstoppable’ and must not be blocked by the next prime minister, the SNP’s Ian Blackford has said. The party’s Westminster leader argued that to refuse Scotland the power to hold another independence referendum would be undemocratic if the SNP wins the most seats in the looming general election. Speaking on […]

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ducked the question of whether he supports remaining in the EU four times today when questioned by the BBC’s Andrew Marr. He repeatedly dodged the question of what his personal preference was, sticking to the line that a Labour government would rapidly negotiate a new Brexit deal with the EU and […]

Dominic Raab has downplayed the prospect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal following the second phase of the Brexit process. The foreign secretary initially declined to get into “hypothetical negotiating objectives” when asked if a no-deal would take place if the UK failed to secure its fishing objectives in trade talks. But […]

The Liberal Democrats have instructed lawyers to send a legal letter to the BBC demanding Jo Swinson’s inclusion in the general election debate. In the letter, sent to the corporation’s director general Tony Hall, the party’s lawyers warn the exclusion of Swinson is “clearly unlawful”, pointing out there are three main UK-wide national parties taking […]

The Liberal Democrats have called for the Conservatives to immediately launch an independent internal inquiry concerning allegations Conservative Party officials offered Brexit Party candidates jobs and peerages to stand aside. In a letter to Conservative Party Chairman James Cleverly, the Liberal Democrat President Sal Brinton said: “The severity of these claims has implications not just […]

The Labour Party chairman has claimed that claims that the Tories offered peerages to Brexit Party figures could amount of ‘political corruption of the highest order’. Ian Lavery said the claims that the Conservatives offered Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage and his colleagues seats in the House of Lords in return for standing aside in […]

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Brexit Party MEP Ben Habib says he would rather see the UK remain in the European Union than leave under the current Brexit deal. Habib said he sees Boris Johnson’s withdrawal agreement as “much worse” than remaining in the EU. Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sky News he explained: “What we really need to do […]

Michael Gove has claimed that allegations members of the Brexit Party were offered peerages to stand aside were ‘nonsensical’ but did not rule it out altogether. Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, government minister Gove was responding to claims from Lord Falconer that the Conservatives may be going “beyond electoral law” to win the election. […]

The police are to ‘assessing’ claims from the Brexit Party that candidates were offered peerages by the Tories to get them to stand down in the election. Nigel Farage has claimed he had repeatedly been offered a seat in the House of Lords in an attempt to persuade him to “go quietly”. He said that […]

Sir Vince Cable has said there is a ‘one in a million’ chance Jeremy Corbyn will be prime minister – and said the Lib Dems won’t support him if there is a hung parliament. Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sky News, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats said a Johnson majority could happen – […]

Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe, who is standing for MP in the general election, claims Downing Street made her the offer of ‘a role in the negotiations’ for Brexit, in exchange for standing down. 'I said I couldn't be flattered and buttered up and promised things' Ann Widdecombe, Brexit Party MEP, says she was contacted […]

Boris Johnson has been called on to rebuff a general election endorsement from far-right activist Tommy Robinson. The former English Defence League (EDL) leader said “go Boris!” in an endorsement made outside the High Court, where he is being sued for libel. Robinson said: “Everyone should vote for Boris Johnson. And I’m so happy with […]

The Liberal Democrats are planning to include the message that they propose ‘to stop Brexit’ on the ballot paper – leaving no doubt their position on the biggest issue of the election. Jo Swinson’s party is likely to invoke fury from Brexiteers – but it will be seen as an unambiguous stance on the ballot […]

Prime minister Boris Johnson has said there is ‘no evidence’ backing up allegations of Russian interference in British politics as calls grow for him to release a report on the matter before the election. In a Q&A session on BBC Radio Five Live, the prime minister was nonetheless unable to say how many Russian oligarchs […]

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A prominent Green Party MEP has said his party should not be fielding candidates in Labour/Tory marginal seats. Magid Magid, an MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber and former lord mayor of Sheffield, said there are 44 seats where the Greens should stand aside to help Labour. Despite the Greens entering the Unite to Remain […]