I brought my massive lead, where did everybody go?
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An expected low turnout could threaten Labour’s poll lead.
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A betting scandal using inside information has rocked UK politics ahead of the July election. But what exactly is inside information and how can it be misused?
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.
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With independence’s waning relevance, Labour is set to sweep up disillusioned SNP voters.
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Children’s interests need to be represented in politics – here’s how that could happen.
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Arguably, the two best prime ministers in recent history were the ones with the least experienced teams.
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A former Labour minister on how to keep the parliamentary party happy and the conversation constructive.
Rishi Sunak responds to calls on LBC on June 19.
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Repeating negative messaging can have a sleeper effect, and influence people’s views in the longer term.
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The next government faces the daunting challenge of delivering for a public that has lost faith in the idea that it can change anything.
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Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Ed Davey and John Swinney faced a live studio audience, some of whom ended up losing their temper with the politicians.
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Boundary changes are making this election difficult to map, so we turned to the census.
Cleo Watson, a former aide to ex British prime minister Boris Johnson, launching her previous novel.
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Cleo Watson, former co-deputy chief of staff to Boris Johnson, was fined in the infamous “PartyGate” scandal involving gatherings held at government buildings while the United Kingdom was under a pandemic…
Just don’t look at it, Dave. If you can’t see it, then it can’t see you.
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The absence of ideas about Britain’s direct neighbour and trading partner is only storing problems for the future.
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Rishi Sunak hasn’t actually lost this election yet – but you wouldn’t know it after listening to his colleagues.
Nigel Farage in one of his 10 appearances on Question Time in the last decade.
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The top five most frequent non-politician panellists all write for The Spectator.
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Data from Ukip’s performance in 2017 shows that once a certain tipping point is passed, Reform is indeed a significant threat to the Tories.
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Comparing Keir Starmer’s 2024 election manifesto with Tony Blair’s 1997 document is a helpful way to understand why the vision is grander than is being portrayed.
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Keir Starmer’s manifesto stops short of the abolition Gordon Brown had wanted, but some immediate changes are confirmed.
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These so-called ‘mega polls’ all give Labour massive majorities – but all of different sizes. What’s going on?
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More than half of people now support electoral reform.
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There is something contrived about parties producing detailed plans for a parliament that may well last five years, in a world that is volatile and uncertain.